Is My Employee Stealing? A Qualitative Research to Discover the Factors Affecting and Preventing Employee Theft in SMEs

Sefa Ceyhan; Melis Soyer; Duygu Uludağ; Server Sevil Akyurek

Makale detayları

Is My Employee Stealing? A Qualitative Research to Discover the Factors Affecting and Preventing Employee Theft in SMEs

Yazarlar:

Sefa Ceyhan | Melis Soyer | Duygu Uludağ | Server Sevil Akyurek

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Örgütsel Davranış

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 1, pp.265-286

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001314524

pISSN:

2667-8683

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Employee theft is a common form of behavior in small and medium-sized businesses SMEs. This situation inflicts serious financial losses on businesses and hinders their development. SMEs that cannot achieve the required growth level indirectly hinder the countrys development. In this respect, describing employee thefts in SMEs will make serious contributions to both the relevant literature and practitioners. Therefore, the research aims to reflect a general portrait of the causes, processes, and consequences of employee theft in SMEs. In line with the purpose of the research, answers were sought to two basic questions. The first of these is the discovery of the factors that affect the tendency of individuals working in SMEs to theft behavior. The second is to determine what measures should be taken to prevent employee theft from happening again in these businesses. To answer the research questions, individuals working in 10 SMEs were contacted and interviews were held. These employees operate in the textile, tourism, white goods, furniture, accounting-finance and food sectors in Turkeys Denizli province. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. In addition, theoretical and practical implications are presented by interpreting sub-themes such as timely stocktaking, security measures and surveillance to prevent theft behaviors experienced in SMEs.

 Employee theft is a common form of behavior in small and medium-sized businesses SMEs. This situation inflicts serious financial losses on businesses and hinders their development. SMEs that cannot achieve the required growth level indirectly hinder the countrys development. In this respect, describing employee thefts in SMEs will make serious contributions to both the relevant literature and practitioners. Therefore, the research aims to reflect a general portrait of the causes, processes, and consequences of employee theft in SMEs. In line with the purpose of the research, answers were sought to two basic questions. The first of these is the discovery of the factors that affect the tendency of individuals working in SMEs to theft behavior. The second is to determine what measures should be taken to prevent employee theft from happening again in these businesses. To answer the research questions, individuals working in 10 SMEs were contacted and interviews were held. These employees operate in the textile, tourism, white goods, furniture, accounting-finance and food sectors in Turkeys Denizli province. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. In addition, theoretical and practical implications are presented by interpreting sub-themes such as timely stocktaking, security measures and surveillance to prevent theft behaviors experienced in SMEs.

 Employee theft is a common form of behavior in small and medium-sized businesses SMEs. This situation inflicts serious financial losses on businesses and hinders their development. SMEs that cannot achieve the required growth level indirectly hinder the countrys development. In this respect, describing employee thefts in SMEs will make serious contributions to both the relevant literature and practitioners. Therefore, the research aims to reflect a general portrait of the causes, processes, and consequences of employee theft in SMEs. In line with the purpose of the research, answers were sought to two basic questions. The first of these is the discovery of the factors that affect the tendency of individuals working in SMEs to theft behavior. The second is to determine what measures should be taken to prevent employee theft from happening again in these businesses. To answer the research questions, individuals working in 10 SMEs were contacted and interviews were held. These employees operate in the textile, tourism, white goods, furniture, accounting-finance and food sectors in Turkeys Denizli province. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. The data evaluated by the descriptive analysis method pointed to 3 main themes and 23 sub-themes, namely cash, goods or products and time, which pushed the employees to theft. In addition, theoretical and practical implications are presented by interpreting sub-themes such as timely stocktaking, security measures and surveillance to prevent theft behaviors experienced in SMEs.

 Çalışan hırsızlığı küçük ve orta büyüklükteki işletmelerde KOBİ yaygın olarak karşılaşılan bir davranış şeklidir. Bu durum işletmeleri ciddi mali zararlara uğratmakta ve onların gelişimine engel olmaktadır. Gerekli düzeyde büyüme sağlayamayan KOBİler dolaylı yoldan ülke gelişiminin sağlanmasına engel olmaktadır. Bu yönüyle KOBİlerde yaşanan çalışan hırsızlıklarının tanımlanması hem ilgili literatüre hem de uygulayıcılara önemli katkılar sağlayacaktır. Dolayısıyla araştırmanın amacı KOBİlerde yaşanan çalışan hırsızlığının neden, süreç ve sonuçlarının genel bir portresini çizmektedir. Araştırma amacı doğrultusunda iki temel soruya yanıt aranmıştır. Bunlardan ilki, KOBİlerde çalışan bireylerin hırsızlık davranışına yönelmelerine etkileyen faktörlerin keşfedilmesidir. İkincisi ise söz konusu işletmelerde çalışan hırsızlığının bir daha yaşanmaması için alınması gereken önlemlerin neler olduğunun belirlenmesidir. Araştırma sorularının yanıtlanması için 10 KOBİde çalışan bireye ulaşılmış, görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışanlar, Türkiyenin Denizli ilinde tekstil, turizm, beyaz eşya, mobilya, muhasebe-finans, gıda sektörlerinde faaliyet gösteren işletmelerde çalışmaktadırlar. Betimsel analiz yöntemiyle değerlendirilen veriler çalışanları hırsızlığa iten nakit, mal ya da ürün ve zaman olmak üzere 3 ana tema ve 23 alt temaya işaret etmiştir. Söz konusu ana temalar ve alt temalar yorumlanmış çalışanları hırsızlığa iten sebeplerin genellikle bireysel ve ailevi sebepler olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca KOBİlerde yaşanan hırsızlık davranışlarının önlenmesi için zamanında stok sayımı, güvenlik tedbirleri, gözetim gibi alt temalar yorumlanarak teorik ve pratik çıkarımlar sunulmuştur.

Makale detayları

Is My Employee Stealing? A Qualitative Research to Discover the Factors Affecting and Preventing Employee Theft in SMEs

Yazarlar:

Sefa Ceyhan | Melis Soyer | Duygu Uludağ | Server Sevil Akyurek

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Örgütsel Davranış

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 1, pp.265-286

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001314524

pISSN:

2667-8683

SMEs

Management

Planned Behavior Theory

Employee

Employe TheftKOBİ

Planlı Davranış

Çalışan

Çalışan Hırsızlığı

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Sefa Ceyhan | Melis Soyer | Duygu Uludağ | Server Sevil Akyurek

Yayıncı: Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar: Örgütsel Davranış

Dergi: Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 1, pp.265-286

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001314524

pISSN: 2667-8683

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sefa Ceyhan | Melis Soyer | Duygu Uludağ | Server Sevil Akyurek

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Örgütsel Davranış

Dergi:

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 1, pp.265-286

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001314524

pISSN:

2667-8683