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The Effect on Job Satisfaction and Stress of the Perceptions of Violence Climate in the Workplace Aytac, Serpil; Dursun, Salih
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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The concept of violence climate is closely related to safety climate according to the employees’ perceptions of organisationalpolicies, practices and procedures directed towards controlling and preventing all kinds of violence in the workplace. This study aimed todetermine the effects of the violence prevention climate on employees’ job satisfaction and stress by determining how they perceive thedimensions of the violence climate. The study was conducted on 118 health workers in a public hospital in Turkey. The study used the18 item Violence Prevention Climate scale developed by Kessler et al (2008) translated into Turkish. The measurements consist of the 3dimensions of policies and procedures, practices and responses and pressure for unsafe practices. According to the results obtained from theresearch, while a positive significant relationship was determined between all the subdimensions of violence prevention climate and jobsatisfaction, no significant relationship was found between the violence prevention climate and the employees’ stress and anxiety levels.Moreover, a significant negative correlation was determined between depression and the violence prevention climate subdimensions ofpolicies and procedures and practices and responses.
Measuring Social Exclusion: a Study from Turkey Bayram, Nuran; Aytac, Serpil; Aytac, Mustafa; Sam, Neslihan; Bilgel, Nazan
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
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In this study we aimed to assess the feelings of social exclusion in a Turkish community. We used the Social Exclusion Scaledeveloped by Jehoel-Gijsbers & Vrooman. A total of 2493 volunteer participants were included in the study. We found that the feelingof social exclusion diminishes as people become older, and the length of residency in the city increases. Married people feel themselves lesssocially excluded than those who are divorced or widowed. Illiterate people feel themselves 4.4 times more socially excluded than those withuniversity degrees. People with a low economic level feel themselves 10.6 times more socially excluded than those at with a high economiclevel. People who do not own a home feel themselves 1.6 times more socially excluded than those with home ownership. In conclusion,25.0% of our study participants felt themselves socially excluded. We hope our research will provide an opening for further studies inTurkey.