OVERVIEW OF “EMPLOYEE THEFT IN TURKEY AND IN THE WORLD”: TYPES, CAUSES, COSTS AND PREVENTION STUDIES

Abstract

Considering the material and moral losses caused by employee theft, the idea that it should take place more in the business and management literature has recently started to become widespread. The types and causes of employee theft, which can be defined as the unauthorized taking or transfer of the company's property or money during the official working time, are various. In this study, primarily aimed; to reveal the current situation regarding the employee theft problem in Turkey and in the World by giving wide coverage to the various findings, examples and statistics revealed by the studies on employee theft carried out to date in the literature, thus separating the employee theft on this basis into types and attracting the attention of other researchers. Other aims of the study; to analyze the causes mainly business-related and management reasons and costs of employee theft, with the statistical findings that have been reached to date, and to provide information about the prevention studies that are currently being implemented in various businesses and to make suggestions on how these studies can be developed.