Research Article
Aim & Scope
Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences publishes articles in English (%60) and in Turkish (%40) on Business, Economics, Finance, International Relations, Political Science and Public Administration.
The journal publishes interdisciplinary articles, but it is decided in the preliminary evaluation whether applications whose author(s) are from other disciplines will be evaluated. The journal may publish translations and book reviews in these fields.
Author Guidelines
Publishing Conditions
2. Anonymous internet-based and other sources whose content is not subject to scientific control should not be used in the articles. All submitted works must be original, must not have appeared elsewhere, and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere while under consideration by the Journal of ESOGU FEAS. Those works which have been presented at conferences and whose abstracts have already been published can not be accepted. The submission of a manuscript for review is assumed by the editorial board for the acceptance of these conditions by the authors. There will be no royalty payment to the authors. The editorial board reserves the right not to accept manuscripts for consideration if they do not follow submission guidelines, to return them for revisions, or to organize them.
1. The manuscripts submitted to be published in the journal must have a minimum of 8.000 words and a maximum of 12.000 words (excluding the extended summary).
2. The Turkish and English abstract of the articles to be sent to be published in the journal should not exceed 100 words.
3. For all studies an extended summary of approximately 1000 words should be prepared in English.
1. For in-text citations, the reference system in which the author's surname, date, and page numbers are given should be preferred (For example Clegg, 1997, p. 53). References to sources with more than two authors include the first author's surname and "et al." The phrase should be used (eg Morgan et al., 1994, p. 75). If more than one source is used in the same parenthesis, the references should be separated with a semicolon (;) sign (For example Hassard and Parker, 1994, p. 125; Boje, 1996, p. 146).
2. In quotations given from a study published by an author in the same year, the quotations should be separated as a and b. (For example Kazgan, 2016a, p. 125; Kazgan, 2016b, p. 256).
3. Explanations regarding some of the issues to be explained in the text can be specified as footnotes below the page, and such footnotes must follow each other numerically. However, references cannot be given in the form of footnotes or endnotes.
Alkin, E., & Alpay, Y. (2014). Her şey ekonomi değil (6th ed.). Goa Yayınları.
Arellano-Bover, J., Bianchi, N., Lattanzio, S., & Paradisi, M. (2024, Jul 19). “The role of workforce ageing in closing the gender pay gap”: The promise of specialised early intervention in psychosis services. VOXEU. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/role-workforce-ageing-closing-gender-pay-gap
Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2024). Automation and rent dissipation: implications for wages, inequality, and productivity. NBER. https://doi.org/10.3386/w32536
Rodrik, D. (2024). Reimagining the global economic order. Review of Keynesian Economics, 12(3), 396-407. https://doi.org/10.4337/roke.2024.03.07
1. Tables, figures, and graphics to be included in the text should be titled in a way that they do not exceed the page margins (may be smaller than the page margins) and within the tables themselves, the figures within themselves, and the graphics within themselves, and the numbers consecutively (numerically) by giving the title number.
2. The sources of the tables, figures, and graphics to be included in the text should be placed under the tables, figures, and graphics by the in-text reference rules. (Source: DPT, 1988, p. 125). Click for the sample table.
3. The authors should design visuals such as tables, graphics, figures, or diagrams to be used in the articles and not copied directly.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics
The publication process at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences is the basis of the improvement and dissemination of information objectively and respectfully. Therefore, the procedures in this process improve the quality of the studies. Peer-reviewed studies are the ones that support and materialize the scientific method. At this point, it is of utmost importance that all parties included in the publication process (authors, readers, and researchers, publishers, reviewers, and editors) comply with the standards of ethical considerations. Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences expects all parties to hold the following ethical responsibilities. iThenticate, Turnitin, or intihal.net can be used for professional plagiarism detection and prevention.
The following ethical duties and responsibilities are written in light of the guidelines and policies made by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
The authors who submit their manuscripts to Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• Author(s) must submit original studies to the journal. If they utilize or use other studies, they must make the in-text and end-text references accurately and completely.
• People who have not contributed to the study at the intellectual level should not be indicated as the author.
• If the manuscripts submitted to be published are subject to conflicting interests or relations, these must be explained.
• During the review process of their manuscripts, the author(s) may be asked to supply raw data. In such a case, the author(s) should be ready to submit such data and information to the editorial board.
• Author(s) should document that they have the participants' consent and the necessary permissions related to the sharing and research/analysis of the data that are used.
• Author(s) bear the responsibility to inform the editor of the journal or publisher if they happen to notice a mistake in their study which is in early release or publication process and to cooperate with the editors during the correction or withdrawal process.
• Authors cannot submit their studies to multiple journals simultaneously. Each submission can be made only after the previous one is completed. A study published in another journal cannot be submitted to Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
• Author responsibilities are given in a study (e.g., adding an author, reordering of author names) cannot be changed if the review process has begun.
In terms of ethical rules; the situations requiring Ethics Committee Permission for the researches to be evaluated in the journal are as follows:
• Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
• Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical researches on humans,
• Researches on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the law of protection of personal data.
In this context, in the studies to be evaluated in our journal;
• In the case reports, it is stated that the “informed consent form” was taken,
• Obtaining and expressing permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys, and photographs belonging to others,
• It should be noted that the copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used.
Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
The editors of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences should hold the following ethical responsibilities that are based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as open Access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
General duties and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for each study published in the Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences. In this respect, the editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Making efforts to meet the demand for knowledge from readers and authors,
• Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
• Managing the procedures aimed to improve the quality of the studies published in the journal,
• Supporting intellectual freedom,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Following the procedures without making concessions on intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• Being transparent and clear in issues that require correction or explanation.
• Relationships with readers
Editors must make decisions taking into consideration the knowledge, skills, and expectations of all readers, researchers, and practitioners that they need. Editors must also ensure that the published studies should contribute to the literature and be original. Moreover, they must take notice of the feedback received from readers, researchers, and practitioners and provide explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationships with Authors
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with authors:
• Editors must make positive or negative decisions about the studies' importance, originality, validity, clarity in wording, and suitability with the journal's aims and objectives.
• Editors must take the studies that are within the scope of the publication into the pre-review process unless there are serious problems with the study.
• Editors must not ignore positive suggestions made by reviewers unless there are serious problems with the study.
• New editors, unless there are serious issues, must not change the previous editor's decisions about the studies.
• "Blind Review and Review Process" must be published and editors must prevent possible diversions from the defined processes.
• Editors must publish an "Author's Guide" that is comprehensive enough in answering queries by authors. This guide must be updated regularly.
• The authors should be provided with explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationships with Reviewers
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with reviewers:
Editors must;
• choose reviewers according to the subject of the study.
• provide the information and guidance reviewers may need during the review process.
• observe whether there are conflicting interests between reviewers and authors.
• keep the identities of reviewers confidential in a blind review.
• encourage the reviewers to review the manuscript in an unbiased, scientific, and objective tone.
• evaluate reviewers regularly based on criteria like performance and timing.
• develop practices and policies that increase the performance of reviewers.
• take the necessary steps to update the reviewer pool dynamically.
• prevent unkind and unscientific reviews.
• make an effort to ensure the reviewer pool has a wide range.
Relationships with the Editorial Board
Editors must make sure that the members of the editorial board follow the procedures in accordance with the publication policies and guidelines, and must inform the members about the publication policies and developments. The editors must also train new members of the editorial board and provide the information they need.
Moreover, editors must;
• ensure that the members of the editorial board review the manuscripts in an unbiased and independent manner.
• select the new members of the editorial board from those who can contribute to the journal and are qualified enough.
• send manuscripts for review based on the subject of expertise of the editorial board members.
• regularly communicate with the editorial board.
• arrange regular meetings with the editorial board for the development of publication policies and the journal.
Relationships with the Journal's Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editors and publishers is based on the principle of the independence of editors.
Editorial and Blind Review Processes
Editors are obliged to comply with the policies of the "Blind Review and Review Process" stated in the journal's publication policies. Therefore, the editors ensure that each manuscript is reviewed in an unbiased, fair, and timely manner.
Quality Assurance
Editors must make sure that articles in the journal are published in accordance with the publication policies of the journal and international standards.
Protection of Personal Information
Editors are supposed to protect the personal information related to the subjects or visuals in the studies being reviewed and to reject the study if there is no documentation of the subjects' consent. Furthermore, editors are supposed to protect the personal information of the authors, reviewers, and readers.
Encouraging Ethical Rules and the Protection of Human and Animal Rights
Editors are supposed to protect human and animal rights in the studies being reviewed and must reject the experimental studies which do not have ethical and related committee’s approval about the population given in such studies.
Precautions against possible Abuse and Malpractice
Editors are supposed to take precautions against possible abuse and malpractice. They must conduct investigations meticulously and objectively in determining and evaluating complaints about such situations. They must also share the results of the investigation.
Ensuring Academic Integrity
Editors must make sure that the mistakes, inconsistencies, or misdirections in studies are corrected quickly.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all the articles published in the journal and the rights of the journal and author(s) in cases where these rights are violated. Also, editors must take the necessary precautions in order to prevent the content of all published articles from violating the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Constructiveness and Openness to Discussion
Editors must;
• pay attention to the convincing criticism about studies published in the journal and must have a constructive attitude towards such criticism.
• grant the right of reply to the author(s) of the criticized study.
• not ignore or exclude the study that includes negative results.
Complaints
Editors must examine the complaints from authors, reviewers, or readers and respond to them in an explanatory and enlightening manner.
Political and Economic Apprehensions
Neither the owner of the journal, publisher, or any other political or economical factor can influence the independent decision making of the editors.
Conflicting Interests
Editors, acknowledging that there may be conflicting interests between reviewers and other editors, guarantee that the publication process of the manuscripts will be completed in an independent and unbiased manner.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The fact that all manuscripts are reviewed through “Blind Review” has a direct influence on the publication quality. This process ensures confidentiality by an objective and independent review. The review process at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences is carried out on the principle of double-blind review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. In this process, the reviewer comments on the evaluation forms, and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. In this context, the reviewers doing review work for Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities:
Reviewers must;
• agree to review only in their subject of expertise.
• review in an unbiased and confidential manner.
• inform the editor of the journal if they think that they encounter a conflict of interest and decline to review the manuscript during the review process.
• dispose of the manuscripts they have reviewed in accordance with the principle of confidentiality after the review process. Reviewers can use the final versions of the manuscripts they have reviewed only after publication.
• review the manuscript objectively and only in terms of its content and ensure that nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs, and economic apprehension do not influence the review.
• review the manuscript in a constructive and kind tone, avoid making personal comments including hostility, slander, and insult.
• review the manuscript they have agreed to review on time and in accordance with the ethical rules stated above.
Ethical Responsibilities of Publisher
Eskişehir Osmangazi University, the publisher of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, is a non-profit foundation university. Therefore, the Board of Eskişehir Osmangazi University is conscious of the fact that they must observe the ethical responsibilities below and act accordingly:
• Editors are responsible for all the processes that the manuscripts submitted to the Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences will go through. Within this framework, ignoring the economic or political interests, the decision-makers are the editors.
• The publisher undertakes to have an independent editorial decision made.
• The publisher bears all the responsibility to take precautions against scientific abuse, fraud, and plagiarism.
Unethical Behavior
Should you encounter any unethical act or content in Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences apart from the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify the journal by e-mail at iibfdergi@ogu.edu.tr.
Editorial Policy
1. Journal of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is a peer-reviewed and periodical journal published three times-- in the months of April, August and December-- in a year. The journal includes theoretical and applied studies, book reviews, translations, and conversations in the fields of Economics, Finance, Management, Political Sciences, Public Administration,and International Relations. The academic studies from other fields of social sciences are not included in the journal. The language of publication of the journal is eNGLİSH (%60) Turkish (%40).
2. Articles are first subjected to a preliminary review of their format and content. The format requirements and submission process must be met. Articles deemed suitable for format and content are submitted to the editorial board for referee appointment. Articles submitted to the journal are not guaranteed to be accepted into the peer-review process. Furthermore, no specific deadline is set for article evaluation.
3. Articles submitted to the journal are sent to at least two reviewers specialized in the subject field of the article for evaluation. In case that one of the referee reports is positive, and a second referee is negative, the publication decision is made by the journal editors. If necessary, the editorial board can send the article to a third reviewer for evaluation.
4. Articles submitted to the journal are not included in the evaluation process of another journal at the same time; nowhere should it have been previously accepted or published. Responsibility for this matter belongs to the author(s) of the article.
Price Policy
No article processing fee is requested from the authors and institutions of ESOGÜ Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences under any advertisement.
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Journal Boards
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Adına İmtiyaz Sahibi
Baş Editör
Yardımcı Editörler
Ali Onur Özçelik, Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nde Profesör ve tam zamanlı öğretim üyesidir. Lisansüstü eğitimini Birmingham Üniversitesi’nde Transatlantik İlişkiler alanında, doktora eğitimini ise Sheffield Üniversitesi Siyaset Bölümü’nde tamamlamıştır. Önceki çalışmaları, özellikle Türk yerel yönetimlerinin durumu bağlamında Avrupaileşme ve çok düzeyli yönetişim konularına odaklanmıştır.
Özçelik’in araştırma alanları devlet dışı aktörlerin siyaseti, ulusötesi toplumsal hareketler, tanınmamış veya sınırlı tanınırlığa sahip aktörlerin diplomasisi ve Avrupa Birliği’nin Komşuluk Politikası gibi konuları kapsamaktadır. Son yıllarda ise çalışmalarını küreselleşme, dünya düzeninin dönüşümü ve uluslararası ilişkilerde işlemsellik (transactionalism) gibi temalara yöneltmiştir.
Özçelik, The World Community and the Arab Spring (Palgrave Macmillan), EU Conditionality in Turkey: When Does It Work? When Does It Fail? (Rowman & Littlefield) ve Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation and Geopolitical Shifts (Helsinki University Press) adlı üç akademik kitabın ortak editörüdür. Ayrıca, Avrupa Birliği ve Birleşmiş Milletler destekli çeşitli araştırma ve gençlik projelerinde aktif olarak yer almış, ulusötesi yönetişim ve küresel politika süreçlerine yönelik akademik katkılarını sürdürmektedir.
Alan Editörleri
Dil Editörleri
İstatistik Editörleri
Yayın Kurulu
Prof. Dr. Adnan Gerçek, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi (Türkiye), İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi'nde Mali Hukuk Profesörüdür. Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı Vergi Konseyi icra kurulu üyesi ve International Journal of Public Finance dergisinin editörüdür. Doktora eğitimini 2001 yılında Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Maliye Bölümü'nde tamamlayarak doktora derecesini almıştır. Vergi hukuku, Türk vergi sistemi, vergi idaresi, vergi tahsilat usulü, mükellef hakları, vergi okuryazarlığı, vergi idaresinin takdir yetkisi ve e-vergi sistemi konularında çok sayıda makalesi, kitabı veya kitap bölümü bulunmaktadır.
Baris Alpaslan is a Professor of Economics at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. Prof. Alpaslan also holds a number of administrative roles at different levels in the same university. Prof. Alpaslan completed an MSc (with an award of distinction) and then a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Prof. Alpaslan has multiple institutional affiliations with well-known research centres in the UK, Australia, Japan, as well as in Egypt. Prof. Alpaslan is a Vice President of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO. Prof. Alpaslan has undertaken consultancy services for several international organisations, such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Centre for Migration Policy Development. Prof. Alpaslan has recently been appointed Chief Advisor to Chairman of the Executive Board at IC Holding. Prof. Alpaslan was a finalist for the Science and Sustainability Award category in the 2023-24 British Council Study UK Alumni Awards. His research interests focus broadly on the macroeconomics of growth, inequality and development.
Danışma Kurulu
Sekretarya
Lisans eğitimini 2014-2019 yılları arasında Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümünde tamamlamıştır. Akabinde Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı Kent ve Çevre Politikaları Bilim Dalı'nda yüksek lisans eğitimine başlamış, 2022 yılında mezun olmuştur. 2022'den bu yana Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı Kent, Çevre ve Yerel Yönetim Politikaları Bilim Dalı'nda doktora eğitimine devam etmektedir. 2020 yılından beri Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Kentleşme ve Çevre Sorunları Anabilim Dalı'nda Araştırma Görevlisi olarak görev yapmaktadır.
Sakarya Üniversitesi Maliye bölümü mezunu.
Yüksek Lisans eğitimi Sakarya Üniversitesi Maliye Yüksek Lisans (Tezli) programında devam etmekte.
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Maliye bölümü Mali İktisat Ana Bilim Dalında Araştırma Görevlisi olarak çalışmakta.
