TY  - JOUR
TT  - Determinants of Human Capital Intensity: An Empirical Analysis on Automotive Suppliers in Turkey
AU  - Sönmez, Alper
PY  - 2016
DA  - April
DO  - 10.21547/jss.256708
JF  - Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
JO  - GAUN-JSS
PB  - Gaziantep University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1303-0094
SP  - 327
EP  - 345
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
KW  - Beşeri Sermaye
KW  - Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım
KW  - Teknoloji Yayılımları
KW  - Ar-Ge
KW  - Otomotiv Sektörü
KW  - Türkiye
N2  - The purpose of the paper is to analyze the determinants of human capital intensity levels of the firms with emphasize on foreign ownership and R&D activities, also to make a contribution to the scarce empirical literature in this subject. The evidence is based on a comprehensive firm-level survey data gathered through face-to-face questionnaire with the top executives of suppliers operating in Turkish automotive industry. The key findings can be summarized as: (1) foreign ownership is the only variable that has positive (and significant) impact on all senses of supplier’s human capital intensity as expected; (2) the impact of foreign ownership on a supplier’s human capital is higher for white collar intensity-(general) than for engineer intensity-(specific);(3) being anolder or larger supplier negatively (and significantly) impacts a supplier’s specific human capital intensity, while performing R&D activities (having an R&D department), and being a firsttier supplier impact positively (and significantly). These findings reveal that smaller and younger first-tier foreign suppliers performing R&D activities employ more specific(engineers) human capital stock
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