Filiz Keser ASCHENBERGER, Tuba GOKMENOGLU, Yasar KONDAKCİ, Esra Eret ORHAN

Drivers behind business contributions to public education in Turkey

Bu çalışmanın amacı özel işletmelerin kamusal eğitime yaptıkları katkıların nedenlerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu amaca yönelik olarak, kamusal eğitime katkı yapmış 13 özel işletmenin üst düzey yöneticileri ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar özel işletmelerin yaptıkları katkıların örgütsel stratejik yönelimler ya da ticari değerler çerçevesinde şekillenmediğini göstermiştir. İncelenen özel işletmelerin yaptıkları katkıların temelinde Batı’da hâkim olan yönelimlerden farklı olarak, daha çok kültürel değerlerle şekillenen hayırseverlik yönelimlerinin olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışma sonuçlarına göre eğitimin toplumsal gelişime katkı sağlayacağı, bunun da uzun vadede kendi kurumlarına bir katkı getireceği inancı çalışmaya katılan özel işletmeleri eğitime katkı yapmaya yönelten temel etmendir.

Özel işletmelerin kamusal eğitime katkı yapma nedenleri

This study aims to reveal key drivers behind corporate contributions to public education in Turkey. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior executives of 13 private firms, which have been contributing to public education. Results indicated that the firms’ contributions are not aligned with their strategic orientations or dominant business values. Rather, these contributions are driven by their altruistic orientations, which are shaped by cultural values. These orientations are totally different from the dominant Western orientations and they are mainly based on the belief that contributing to public education will contribute to social development, which in the long run will serve corporate interest as well.

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