TÜRKİYE’DE VE DÜNYADA ÇALIŞAN HIRSIZLIĞI”NA BAKIŞ: TÜRLERİ, NEDENLERİ, MALİYETLERİ VE ÖNLEMEYE YÖNELİK ÇALIŞMALAR

Çalışan hırsızlığının, yol açtığı maddi ve manevi kayıplar göz önüne alındığında, işletme ve yönetim literatüründe daha fazla yer alması gerektiği düşüncesi son zamanlarda yaygınlık kazanmaya başlamış durumdadır. Çalışanın resmi çalışma zamanı içerisinde işletmenin malını veya parasını izinsiz alması veya transfer etmesi olarak tanımlanabilen çalışan hırsızlığının türleri ve nedenleri çeşitlidir. Bu çalışmada öncelikle amaçlanan; literatürde yer alan günümüze kadar yapılmış çalışan hırsızlığı konulu araştırmaların ortaya koyduğu çeşitli bulgulara, örnek ve istatistiklere geniş bir biçimde yer vererek, Türkiye’de ve Dünyada çalışan hırsızlığı sorununa ilişkin mevcut durumu ortaya koymak, bu suretle bu temel üzerinde çalışan hırsızlığını türlerine ayırarak diğer araştırmacıların ilgisine sunmaktır. Çalışmanın diğer amaçları; ağırlıklı olarak işletme kaynaklı nedenler olmak üzere çalışan hırsızlığının nedenlerini ve maliyetlerini günümüze kadar ulaşılmış istatistiki bulgularla incelemek ve hali hazırda çeşitli işletmelerde uygulanmakta olan önlemeye yönelik çalışmalar hakkında bilgi vererek bu çalışmaların hangi yönde geliştirilebileceği üzerine önerilerde bulunmaktır.

OVERVIEW OF “EMPLOYEE THEFT IN TURKEY AND IN THE WORLD”: TYPES, CAUSES, COSTS AND PREVENTION STUDIES

Considering the material and moral losses caused by employee theft, the idea that it should take place more in the business and management literature has recently started to become widespread. The types and causes of employee theft, which can be defined as the unauthorized taking or transfer of the company's property or money during the official working time, are various. In this study, primarily aimed; to reveal the current situation regarding the employee theft problem in Turkey and in the World by giving wide coverage to the various findings, examples and statistics revealed by the studies on employee theft carried out to date in the literature, thus separating the employee theft on this basis into types and attracting the attention of other researchers. Other aims of the study; to analyze the causes mainly business-related and management reasons and costs of employee theft, with the statistical findings that have been reached to date, and to provide information about the prevention studies that are currently being implemented in various businesses and to make suggestions on how these studies can be developed.

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