İşletmelerin BIST-Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi’nde Yer Alma Durumuna Göre Üst Kademe Teorisi Kapsamında Değerlendirilmesi

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 29 Sayı: 84, 93 - 112, 06.07.2018

A. Gözde Gözüm , G. Pınar Acar

Öz

Kurumsal Sürdürülebilirlik, işletmelerde uzun vadeli değer yaratmak amacıyla, ekonomik, çevresel ve sosyal faktörlerin işletme faaliyetlerine yansıtılması olarak açıklanmaktadır. İşletmelerde sürdürülebilirlik faaliyetlerine genellikle üst düzey yönetim tarafından karar verilmektedir. Bu doğrultuda, bu çalışmanın amacı; üst kademe teorisi dâhilinde BISTSürdürülebilirlik Endeksinde yer alan işletmelerin yönetici özelliklerinin incelenmesidir. Bu kapsamda, sürdürülebilirlik endeksinde yer alma konusunda istekli olan ve endekse girme hakkı bulunurken endekste yer almayan işletmelerin yöneticilerinin Üst Kademe Teorisi’nde belirtilen demografik verileri karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre; katılımcıların yaş ortalaması ve kadro süreleri arasında anlamlı bir farklılık yokken eğitim seviyeleri arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu görülmüştür. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi, Yönetim kurulu, İcra kurulu, BIST

The Evaluation of Businesses using the Upper Echelons Theory and BIST Sustainability Index Criteria

Öz

Corporate sustainability is an organizational approach that creates long -term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing the risks associated with economic, environmental, and social developments. Sustainability operations are generally decided by the top management. From this perspective, this study aims to analyze businesses with using the Upper Echelons Theory and BIST Sustainability Index criteria. The demographical variables of the top managers of volunteer businesses and the businesses which has already right to be in the index but not indexed were compared. The results show that while there were no significant differences in mean age and tenure, there was a significant difference in education level between the two groups. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sustainability index, Board of directors, Executive board, BIST

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