https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/28 Mon, 25 May 2026 13:20:19 GMT 2026-05-25T13:20:19Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1823 From efficiency to resilience: Strategic shifts in maritime organizations through digitalization, ESG, and human capital (2018 - 2025) Arslan, Aykut; Akturan, Abdülkadir Most existing maritime research examines digitalization, ESG pressures, and human capital separately. This paper fills the gap in explaining how the three factors dynamically reshape strategic orientations in the highly unstable post-2020 period. It explains how maritime organizations reconfigured their strategies between 2018 and 2025. The research is based on sixteen semi-structured interviews with top professionals from different segments of the maritime ecosystem across Europe and Asia, analyzed according to Gioia methodology. The main finding is a structural transformation from an efficiency strategy before 2020 toward a resilience strategy after 2020. It finds that this shift emanates from an interaction between digitalization (a ‘sensing’ capability) and human capital (a ‘reconfiguring’ capability). Seven strategic patterns are identified, which include new forms such as glocal ESG adaptation-blending global rules with local innovation-and hybrid leadership--blending technical, digital, and human skills-in addition to more traditional forms like asset diversification or trade pattern flexibility through chartering tonnage. This study is original as it is the first integrated empirical analysis of the interaction, with a rare pre/post-2020 temporal comparison conceptualizing new patterns as specific dynamic capabilities for the maritime sector. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1823 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1756 Leadership strategies for managing technostress Yener, Serdar; Arslan, Aykut; Rocha, Helena Belcihor This chapter aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the concept of technostress. It will delve into the sub-factors of technostress, present explanatory theories, offer management strategies for leaders to mitigate technostress, and conduct evaluations. The study also includes tips for future research and limitations. The study endeavors to furnish valuable insights to academics specializing in the field, leaders that need to perform in today's competitive work environments and other interested readers. The strategies are developed mainly through J D-R and transactional model of stress, and it will validate the theory and contribute literature. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1756 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1712 Unveiling the Ethical Dilemmas of Digital Piracy: A Comprehensive Exploration of Motivations, Attitudes, and Behaviors Balchior-Rocha, H.; Arslan, Aykut; Yener, Serdar Driven by several elements, including the unwillingness to pay for material, the spread of subscription services, and the profitability of illegal activity, digital piracy has grown to be a common problem in the contemporary world. Along with financial damages for businesses and content creators, this phenomenon has legal repercussions for individuals involved in piracy and cybersecurity issues. The effective fight against digital piracy depends on an awareness of the drivers and hazards connected with this illegal activity. With an eye towards a thorough knowledge of this intricate problem, in this study, the focus centers on the reasons, attitudes, and actions behind digital piracy. Through examining how people defend their behavior in particular situations, in this study, the aim is to clarify the ethical issues and decision-making procedures related to piracy-even among otherwise law-abiding people. Combining a variety of the relevant literature and ideas, including situation ethics theory, in this study, we seek to provide insights for legislators, business players, and academics eager to meet the difficulties presented by digital piracy. This study adds to the continuous discussion on lessening the detrimental effects of digital piracy on content creators, businesses, and cybersecurity by looking at the underlying reasons for piracy and supporting legal access to material. Along with a dearth of research on the origins and moral questions of digital piracy, there is a lot of contradictory material. By examining the factors behind this unlawful activity, clarifying the complex dynamics involved, and offering understanding of the causes of digital piracy, this study seeks to close a significant void in the knowledge. The findings of this study will enable individuals to develop strategies for handling this prevalent issue in the digital era. Developing successful interventions that can reduce this illegal conduct and safeguard the interests of content producers, businesses, and cybersecurity overall depends on an awareness of the reasons behind digital piracy. This study advances the knowledge of the difficulties presented by this global phenomenon by investigating the ethical issues and decision-making procedures related to digital piracy. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1712 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1684 A systematic review study: Do human resources management practices have an impact on organizational performance? Kelgökmen İliç, Derya; Arpınar, Tarık; Ada, Nesrin One of the 17 goals of sustainable development is decent work and economic growth. In line with this goal, businesses can elevate the welfare of employees and create quality workplaces through evolving and changing human resource practices. The result of these good practices also enhances organizational performance (OP), thereby contributing to economic development. The aim of the study is to put forward the effect of human resources management (HRM) practices on OP and to examine the studies in the literature on this subject by applying a systematic descriptive content analysis called PRISMA (Preffered Reporting Items for Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis). Totally 26 articles addressing the effects of HRM practices on OP were examined in the light of the dimensions determined for the research through simple statistical methods and tables, and holistic conclusions were tried to be drawn from the studies conducted in the field. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12960/1684 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z