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    THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AWARENESS, PERCEIVED BENEFIT AND INTENTION TO USE
    (university of el oued/جامعة الوادي, 2021-05-01) Ari, E; Yilmaz, V
    Energy use-related environmental and social concerns and problems have led to the development of renewable (RE) energy types such as wind, solar, hydraulic, and geothermal energy. Increasing environmental concerns, as well as public awareness and positive attitudes towards sustainable energy types, have played an important role in this development. The present study investigated the effects of the mentioned environmental concerns on the attitudes towards renewable energy and renewable energy usage intention with a proposed structural model. In the first part of the proposed model, the effect of environmental concerns on the awareness and perceived benefits of RE, and in the second part, the effect of awareness and perceived benefits of RE on the RE usage intention was examined. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to test the model. Regarding the fitness of the model, the chi-square value was calculated as 141.77, and the (χ2/df) value as 2.36. Analysis results demonstrated that one unit increase in environmental concerns would increase awareness of RE by 0.63 and perceived benefits by 0.51 unit. It was also found that awareness of RE would increase the perceived benefits of RE and that especially the increase in awareness positively would affect RE usage intention.
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    INVESTIGATION OF THE SURFACE TURKEY MINE WORKERS’ ATTITUDES OF TAKING RISKS
    (university of eloued -جامعة الوادي, 2019-05-01) Yilmaz, V; Kirlot, N
    The present study is designed to depict the tendency of mine workers to take risks by the help of a structural equation model proposed. For this purpose, a survey consisting of 15 statements was conducted on 150 workers selected randomly from a surface mine. First section of the study is the introduction. Second section gives a literature review. Third section presents the theoretical framework of the structural equation modelling (SEM), and the final section gives the results of the analysis. Results of the analysis indicate that negative affectivity, fatalistic approach and perception of the sufficiency of workplace safety have a significant effect on the tendency of mine workers to take risks. Upon the SEM, the finding that a one unit increase in negativeaffectivity results in an increase of 0.51 unit in the tendency of workers to take risks was found to be noteworthy