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Terms of Organizational Psychology, Personnel Empowerment and Team Working: A Case Study


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This study contents the personnel working for a state university in Turkey except academic personnel. The research universe is departments under presidency, faculties, institutes, colleges, vocational schools, and coordinator ships. The study presented at 30 units of the university among 270 people of 340 administrative staffs. However, the study conducted just among 270 administrative staffs. Related to questionnaire form is prepared to investigate the perception of ideal workmates at personnel’ minds. Some part of questions on questionnaire forms is prepared as closed-ended, while others open-ended. The questions referring the perception of ideal workmates are presented as open-ended. The data are analysed at a statistical program.

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