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- Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2025Conclusion
Özsungur, Fahri; Bekar, Fevziye
This edited book offers a comprehensive examination of proactive behavior (PBs) in organizational contexts, emphasizing its critical role in addressing the complexities of modern work environments. Bridging psychological, sociological, and managerial perspectives, the book explores how emotions, leadership styles, and identity factors influence proactive engagement. It critically assesses both the benefits and risks of proactivity, including its impact on mental health, conflict resolution, and innovation. Special attention is given to marginalized groups—such as women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals—highlighting the systemic challenges they face and the need for inclusive, equity-driven approaches to fostering proactive behavior. The book also connects proactive practices to broader societal concerns, including sustainability and ethical governance. By integrating diverse viewpoints and highlighting underexplored dimensions, this book advances the understanding of proactive behavior as a transformative force within and beyond organizational life.
- Kitap BölümüYalnız künye2025Introduction
Özsungur, Fahri; Bekar, Fevziye
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of proactive behavior (PBs) as a pivotal element in modern organizational and individual success. Defined as self-initiated, future-focused action aimed at improvement and change, proactive behavior is examined across a variety of critical domains. The chapters address the influence of empowerment and emotional intelligence, the intersection of mental and occupational health, and the necessity of inclusive strategies for disadvantaged groups, including women and LGBTQ+ individuals. The text also explores the role of leadership, conflict management, and the potential dark sides of proactivity such as burnout and ethical blind spots. Further chapters delve into proactive strategies in non-profit sectors and sustainability efforts, linking behavioral initiatives with environmental responsibility. The final chapter presents emerging methodologies for cultivating proactive behaviors in evolving workplace contexts. Through these interconnected themes, the book offers practical insights and theoretical advancements for fostering proactive cultures in organizations and society.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Navigating stress with creativity: The moderating role of conflict-induced creativity on job satisfaction among entrepreneurs
Özsungur, Fahri; Bekar, Fevziye
Background: Entrepreneurs frequently encounter high levels of job stress, which can undermine their job satisfaction. Although the negative consequences of stress are well-known, less attention has been paid to the role of Conflict-Induced Creativity in buffering these effects. Objective: This study investigates how Conflict-Induced Creativity moderates the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among entrepreneurs, addressing a gap in understanding adaptive mechanisms in high-pressure work environments. Methods: Using a quantitative design, data were collected from 453 entrepreneurs through convenience sampling. Statistical analyses included factor analyses, correlations, regressions, and moderation testing via PROCESS MACRO in SPSS v.22. Results: Validated scales assessed job satisfaction (α = 0.934), job stress (α = 0.919), and Conflict-Induced Creativity (α = 0.832). Job stress negatively predicted job satisfaction (β = −0.126, p < 0.001), while Conflict-Induced Creativity emerged as a strong positive predictor (β = 0.688, p < 0.001). Moderation analysis confirmed that Conflict-Induced Creativity significantly buffered the adverse effects of stress on satisfaction (b = 0.147, 95% CI [0.048, 0.245], p < 0.05). Conclusion: Conflict-Induced Creativity plays a protective role in stressful entrepreneurial contexts. Practically, fostering a work culture that supports Conflict-Induced Creativity can enhance resilience and job satisfaction among entrepreneurs, offering actionable insights for leadership development, training programs, and organizational policy.
- KitapAçık Erişim2025Empowering Employee Proactive Behavior: Concepts and Perspectives from Organization and Society
Özsungur, Fahri; Bekar, Fevziye
Proactive employee behaviour refers to the attempt to improve existing conditions in the workplace or create new ones, as well as actions to change one’s work environment, interpersonal relationships and socialisation behaviour instead of passively adapting to it. This contributed volume explores the role of proactive behaviour in employer/employee relations and in the wider context of the organization and society. It includes a comprehensive section that aims to provide a broad and descriptive perspective on the concepts of proactive behaviour and the research landscape. It examines areas including mental health, emotional management, disadvantaged employees, gender and queer-based perspectives, changes and conflict, sustainability, and non-profit organizations. Although proactive behavior is a desired behavior in business life, individuals who exhibit proactive behavior in the workplace can experience difficulties. For this reason, blind spots and hurdles that surround proactive behavior are also explored in this book. Examined in the light of current events, trends and the latest research, this book is intended to be a comprehensive guide on the positive and negative organizational behavior issues associated with proactive behavior. It will be of great interest to academics and students, as well as managers and all those with a wider interest in organizational behaviour.
- KitapYalnız künye2023Spirituality management in the workplace: New strategies and approaches
Özsungur, Fahri; Bekar, Fevziye
In recent years, after realizing that personal beliefs and spiritual development are as important as mental strength, studies in the field of spirituality in the workplace have grown exponentially. The experts here provide conceptual frameworks and guidance by examining the subject in the light of current developments at multiple levels of analysis: individual, organizational, cultural, and in leadership. Furthermore, this book focuses on rapidly evolving business models: remote working, the cyber-workplace, social media, digitalization, etc - all accelerated by the COVID-19 epidemic. The concept of spirituality in the workplace can be harmful as well as beneficial. Employees who are spiritually attached to the workplace may ignore issues known as 'organizational deviation' (such as theft and corruption) by keeping the interests of the institution in the foreground. These 'dark' and 'invisible' aspects of spirituality in the workplace are also examined, with a special focus on identifying aspects of spirituality which can harm businesses. Spirituality in the workplace considers employees as a whole, in spirit, body, and mind.