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This research aims to evaluate digital transformation processes in local governments by assessing the current state of information technologies and digital competencies. The study seeks to identify the challenges faced by municipalities in their digital transformation efforts and to propose strategic recommendations for improving these processes. A...

Bu araştırma, yerel yönetimlerde dijital dönüşüm süreçlerini değerlendirerek, bilişim teknolojileri ve dijital yeterliliklerin mevcut durumunu belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, belediyelerin dijital dönüşüm çabalarındaki zorlukları tespit ederek, bu süreçleri iyileştirmek için stratejik öneriler sunmayı hedeflemektedir. Araştırmada karma araştır...

This study comprehensively examines the psychological impacts of the Instagram access ban implemented in Turkey between August 2, 2024, and August 10, 2024, how these impacts are reflected in social consequences and cultural perceptions, and also assesses the adaptation strategies that individuals develop in response to the ban. Data were collected...

This research thoroughly explores the expansive academic discourse on Management Information Systems (MIS), investigating its branches, influential theories, and diverse topics. Employing a topic modeling approach, the study analyzes 7852 article abstracts from the Scopus database (2022-2023) using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithm. The goa...

The aim of this study is to determine individuals' levels of nomophobia and to examine the relationship between nomophobia and demographic variables. The research targets a general population, encompassing participants from different age groups, genders, educational backgrounds, and socioeconomic statuses. Data were collected through surveys admini...

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the adequacy of information systems used within the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises in meeting organizational needs at various levels. In this context, the information systems of the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises were examined to assess their ability to meet the needs of managers at operation...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the degree to which information technology department employees meet the stages of needs outlined in Abraham Harold Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory. The researchers identified eight variables and formulated eight hypotheses related to these variables. To test these hypotheses, data from an online survey...

Abstract: While developed countries meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and fully digitize their industries with the disruptive technologies of Industry 4.0, it is essential for developing countries to adapt to this transformation to remain competitive. The literature on the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in developing...

ABSTRACT Although more than a decade has passed since the emergence of Industry 4.0, there is still a need for studies to understand the benefits, risks, and factors that facilitate or hinder its adoption. In this study, the benefits, barriers, facilitating factors, and risks of Industry 4.0 technologies were examined through a literature review a...

p>Computer vision is one of the most important areas of artificial intelligence and lip reading is one of the most important areas of computer vision. Lip-reading, which is more important in noisy environments or where there is no sound flow, is one of the working areas that can help the hearing-impaired people. There is no dataset in Turkish for l...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the degree to which information technology department employees meet the stages of needs outlined in Abraham Harold Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory. The researchers identified eight variables and formulated eight hypotheses related to these variables. To test these hypotheses, data from an online survey...

In parallel with the development of computer technologies, government rulers; They transformed administrative systems into computer-based systems in order to carry out government work more quickly and efficiently. The main purpose of e-government applications is to provide better and faster service by applying information technologies to government...

Today, credit cards are increasingly used both as a means of payment and as a short-term financing tool. Over the last three decades, credit cards have become more visible than cash transactions in many Western countries and some select countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, it is very important to investigate the impact of credit card us...

As firms continue to use social media checkout and shopping integrations, and social media platforms become primary search engines for consumers, social commerce is slowly replacing traditional e-commerce. However, there is still a limited understanding of why consumers frequently switch between e-commerce and social commerce platforms during the p...

Transferring patients between hospitals is a common and necessary element of emergency departments and patient care. Inter-hospital referrals establish a network, which is also an indicator of how well health institutions are performing. The interaction between hospitals and patient transfers can be similar to the person’s relation in a social netw...

Recently, lip reading has become one of the most important fields of study in the field of artificial intelligence. In this study, lip reading process was performed in Turkish language using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). For this purpose, people were asked to record the numbers video (61 video), and 9 video also collected from YouTube. The...

Online advertising is a growing business. Owing to the advances in Internet technology, the nature and types of advertisements (hereinafter, "ads") have changed. Many companies use different types of advertising to reach their customers. This paper shows how Internet users perceive online advertising. The findings are meant to help companies and in...

Abstract: In recent years, many innovative technologies have emerged as smart home products. However, the decision to adopt these emerging technologies on the consumer side may vary depending on many parameters such as demographic structure, geographic region, or digital literacy. The main purpose of this study is to examine the studies in the lite...

Abstract Instagram attracts the attention of many researchers with its role in social life and trade. The aim of this study is to classify and examine the factors that affect the continuous use of Instagram, one of today's popular social media applications, based on cognitive, emotional and behavioral components. For this purpose, a questionnaire h...

Flow theory has been widely applied to understand user behaviour in the different phases of the information systems life cycle during last two decades. Nevertheless, its application is complicated due to issues and challenges related to the broad nature of information technology and human behaviour. Specifically, there is a lack of consensus on the...

Patient transfers between hospitals is a set of processes that require an organizational decision that includes coordination and cooperation between transfer and acceptted hospitals in cases where adequate conditions cannot be provided or patients require advanced examination and treatment. The management of this process is very important in terms...

Data mining is used to reveal relationships between variables stored in large databases and to reach meaningful information from data. Databases with large data available in government agencies can be evaluated with appropriate software to help predict the future and develop policies. In this study, a software that analyzes data using apriori algor...

Abstract Security gaps caused by information systems and individuals affect people, institutions, governments in today's world in which technology is developing rapidly and Internet use is becoming more widespread. The scope of information security includes accessing, using, changing, and completely removing information without authority and permis...

İnsanlık tarihi üç evreye ayrıldığında, birinci evre tarım toplumunu, ikinci evre sanayi toplumunu ve üçüncü evre de bilgi toplumunu temsil etmektedir. Bilgi toplumu, standartlaşmayı öne çıkaran sanayi toplumunun aksine farklılıklardan beslenmektedir. Bilgi toplumuna geçilmesiyle, bir alandaki uzmanlaşma yerini farklı disiplinlerin ortak çalışmalar...

Abstract In this study, it was aimed to determine possible investment alternatives by evaluating the selection criteria used in the investment of the altcoins and Bitcoin.For this purpose, the first 10 Cryptocurrencies, the highest in market capitalization, were selected from the Cryptocurrencies, whose number exceeds 1,500, to be used in the evalu...

The financial literacy level of individuals has a direct impact on the success of their financial decisions. Financial literacy means that one can effectively manage the income he or she has earned in a certain period. For this reason, it is important to determine the financial literacy levels of individuals on a regional basis, in terms of financi...

Cryptocurrency exchange or marketing take part in our life with development of cryptocurrency economy is one the most important key term. when evaluation of investments and gain factors of yield are taken into consideration, cryptocurrency exchange is a very significant issue to be assessed. In the study evaluation of four kind exchange operating w...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine how distance education students use social media for educational purposes. In this context, Atatürk University Open Faculty students were determined as the population, and 587 students were included in the sampling. Data from students were collected by questionnaire. Within the scope of the aim, fa...

The aim of this study is to determine postgraduate students’ general satisfaction with the quality of academic services. For this purpose, a written-questionnaire was conducted to 400 graduate students at Atatürk University, Turkey. The dependent variable of the study was the satisfaction level of graduate students which has a natural order. Hence,...

ZET Blok zinciri, sayısallaştırılmış bilgilerin bir ağ üzerinde farklı düğümlere kayıt edilmesi, kayıt edilen bilgilerin diğer düğümlerle de paylaşılarak doğrulanabilir ve şeffaf olmasını sağlayan yapıdır. Ağ üzerinde dağıtık yapıda bulunan düğümlerin her biri programlar vasıtasıyla ağ üzerindeki işlemleri takip eder. Akıllı kontratlar sayesinde iş...

Today, with technological habits changing very fast, ensuring continuous use of a technology-based product or service is undoubtedly as important as least adoption. Hence, in recent years, the number of post-adoption studies has been increasing steadily. Many of these studies use the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) or the Information Systems Expe...

Today, e-commerce is one of the issues in the business. E-commerce refers to transactions between organizations and individuals that are based on information technology. E-commerce leads to promote communications and economic openness in the domestic and international levels, change business methods and change traditional markets to new and mod...

In this study, it was aimed to determine the factors affecting user behaviors in adopting the e-government system with the theory of reasoned action and technology acceptance model used in the literature. In this regard, 5500 academic and administrative staff working at Atatürk and Gümüşhane universities were included in the study using the questio...

Creativity, which is considered as a special tool in entrepreneurship and economic growth today, has become one of the most determinant variables in organizations growth and durability. In addition to creativity, project management and the used methodology (especially in project-based organizations) have a significant effect on the success of indiv...

With the latest developments of hardware and software industries, mobile technology increasingly finding their wayinto people's lives and hence into the work place. In today’s world, many operations such as e-mail exchange, accessing orcreating a file can be done by mobile devices instead of PC. Therefore many institutions distribute smart phones o...

Üniversitelerde öğrenci sayısının ve öğretim çeşitliliğinin artması ile farklı programdan ve dönemden ders alma durumları, fakülte yönetimlerince manüel olarak düzenlenen sınav takviminde bazı öğrencilerin aynı saatte iki sınavının olmasını kaçınılmaz kılmaktadır. Derslik sayısı, derslik kapasiteleri ve gözetmen sayısı gibi kısıtlar ile hocaların ö...

Üniversitelerde kullanılan Öğrenci Bilgi Sistemleri’nin en önemli işlevlerinden biri ders alma süreçlerini kolaylaştırmasıdır. İdari personel, akademik personel ve öğrenci yetkilerinin bulunduğu sistemde işlerin en az hatayla ve en yüksek verim ile yürütülebilmesi için öncelikle süreçlerin iyileştirilmesi sonra sistemin bu süreçlerle uyumlu bir şek...

To get strategic advantage countrywide and improve the control over medicines, it was decided to develop an e-prescription system by gathering all users of prescription such as doctors, governments, and pharmacies in the same platform on 01 July 2012. One of the main aims of this initiative is to prevent frauds. When e-prescription was first starte...

Turkey has been undergoing structural changes since 2005 in healthcare and these changes force Turkey to reorganize its developing healthcare system. Based on the observations done in Turkey, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, interviews and surveys in some hospitals and articles published in healthcare, this study is prepared. SWOT Analysis of Turkish...

Abstract: Today, the rapid changes in information technology has especially led to innovations in the publishing industry. One of these innovations in the publishing industry is the electronic book. The E-books are those that give the opportunity to access any books in electronic form on the contents of the book to readers. These e-books can be rea...

Growing elder population and awareness in Turkey force to take some steps to hinder the increase in Chronic Kidney Failures (CKFs) one of the most serious illnesses in Turkey. Stages 1-3 are totally ignored in Turkey and no measures but approximations are taken to prevent further stages instead of accurate screening. Mainly last stages of CKF are t...

ZET Günümüzde seyircilerin takımlarına olan bağlılıkları gerçekleri görmeye karşı isteksiz olması gerek yetkili kurumların gerekse spor kamuoyu tarafından açıkça gözlenmektedir. Sporun çoğunlukla saldırganlığı ortadan kaldırma ve öfke patlamalarının hafifletme imkanı sağladığından söz edilir. Ancak sporun toplumsal hayatta seyirci ve seyircilerin d...

ÖZET Bu çalışmanın amacı, Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü'nden alınan 1970-2011 yılları arasındaki Türkiye'deki illere ait 88 istasyonda ölçülen aylık ortalama değerlere sahip bazı meteorolojik parametreleri kullanarak bir sonraki yılın aylık ortalama toprak sıcaklıklarını tahmin eden bir model geliştirmektir. Beş, on, yirmi, elli ve yüz...

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye profesyonel liglerinde görev alan hakem ve yardımcı hakemlerin müsabaka öncesinde, müsabaka esnasında ve müsabaka sonrasında karşılaştıkları durumların psikolojilerini nasıl etkilediğini incelemektir.

Abstract: Subjects such as; spending too much time on the internet leads people into loneliness, it tears individuals from the social environments they belong to, it weakens their relationships with family and friends and that individuals behave much easier on virtual communication than they do in real life are being continually discussed by means...

Özet : Bu çalışma ile Türkiye'deki kamu ve özel sektör yöneticilerinin maddi değer taşımayan motivasyon uygulamaları araştırılmıştır. Araştırma, Türk yöneticilerin çalışanlarını motive etme çabalarında iki faktörün önemli olduğunu göstermektedir. Bunlardan biri, firmanın/kurumun faaliyet gösterdiği sektör diğeri ise yöneticinin statüsüdür. Özel sek...

Learning Objects (LO) is one of the emerging innovations in the field of instructional technology. However, as it is the case for all other new technologies, its technological attributes shadows it pedagogical promises. Studies conducted on LO have indicated that the main emphasis in the literature has been put on its philosophy, its categorization...

In this study, the factors related with having credit card in Erzurum have beensearched by a logit model. There are demographic, social, cultural, and economicvariables in the model. The final model is statistically significant. According to themodel, job, average household income per month, payment method at shopping,usefulness of credit card and...

Abstract: Just as typewriter, calculator and telephone received attention by businesses when invented, so did personal computers, and they have been key elements of businesses. Several studies have been conducted to research the impact of computers on productivity of business activities. However, these studies underline that it is rather difficult...

Özellikle iletişim teknolojilerinde yaşanan gelişmeler uzaktan eğitimin etkinliğinin artmasına yardımcı olmuş ve uzaktan eğitimin yaygınlaşmasına yardımcı olmuştur. Hatta uzaktan eğitim, e-learning, web tabanlı eğitim gibi yeni isimlerle anılmaya başlamış, başarılı örneklerin sayısındaki büyük artış nedeniyle dünyanın her tarafında işletmelerden yo...

The use of information technologies has been inevitable for businesses in consequence of developments in computer technology and need for information. To be able to continue their existence, businesses have increasingly been more dependent on information technologies. However, information technologies generated some problems as well. Small and Medi...

Abstract: Along with developments in the computer and information technology, unethical acts have started growing throughout the world Software piracy is one of the most important unethical acls. This study piesems empirical results on pirated software use in academic environment and academicians' attitudes on software piracy. The study also invest...

Abstract Producing or Buying of Application Sofwares in Organization Whether to produce or buy application software is often difficult decision for managers to produce. Both packaged software and in-house developed software has some advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, before deciding whether to make or buy application software, organization's...

Abstract: In a globalizing world in which competition is getting more difficult , the most important power for organizations is qualified workforce. The power of knowledge appears rather well when considering changes in business perceptions, new habits caused by technology, and innovations in business areas. To attain the knowledge providing compet...

Utilizing web-based courses, both as independent and as a support to in-class courses, is becoming more prevalent and important. While creating web-based courses, instructional systems design principles should be utilized for developing an effective learning environment. In this study, instructional systems design phases are briefly explained and,...