Business Life Research Articles

Developing a multidimensional scale for presenteeism: A study on measurement and implications

Presenteeism is among the key factors that negatively affect employee efficiency and, therefore, company organi zational performance. The existing measurement tools for assessing presenteeism highlight health-related issues as the main reason behind this counterproductive behaviour. On the other hand, other factors that influence modern business life and pro cesses are omitted. The paper’s primary purpose is to develop a comprehensive measurement tool suitable for the individual and organizational multi-factor structure of presenteeism that accurately reflects the complex nature of today’s business world. Meth odologically, the research is shaped within the framework of grounded theory. In the study, mixed methods research combining qualitative and quantitative methods was utilized. In this context, firstly, the authors conducted a literature review and focus group interviews with experts in the field in order to reveal the conceptual structure. We analysed the data using content analysis and then moved on to writing 18 scale items. We performed exploratory factor analysis using the SPSS program and confirmatory factor analysis using the AMOS program. As a result, we develop a four-dimensional scale for presenteeism covering work focus, stress management, social loafing, and performance. The verified multidimensional scale fills a vacuum in the literature by offer ing a comprehensive and dependable instrument to gauge presenteeism on organizational and individual dimensions. Among the possible avenues for further research are testing the scale in different cultural contexts and addressing the organizational causes of presenteeism.

Connecting People over Distance Using Furry Mediators

Many people are separated from their families or friends by distance. They want to keep a feeling of connectedness with each other but fail due to distance, time zone differences, or busy lives. Besides, they find it hard to transfer implicit information using traditional ways of communicating. This research concentrates on connecting people over distance using furry mediators. These mediators can share users presence and status information with their remote families or friends using different gestures. A lab study with 7 participants was conducted to explore whether the different gestures can be successfully interpreted by the users. After that, a diary study with 4 participants was conducted to investigate users perception of the furry mediators. Our findings illustrate the potential for using furry mediators as a user interface to connect remote people. The furry mediators increased users communication frequency and provided them with a subtle and ambiguous communication channel.

Changes in Trait Mindfulness after a Brief Mindfulness Training Program of Self-Breathing.

Developing and cultivating mindfulness exerts a positive effect on psychological and cognitive performance. Sharpening the skill requires continuous mindfulness-based training (MT), which can be challenging for people leading busy lives. Therefore, the current study examined whether trait mindfulness can be improved by a flexible and brief MT program of self-breathing using a pre-post intervention design. Trait mindfulness was assessed using the Japanese version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) before the intervention (pre), after 2 weeks (during), and 4 weeks after the intervention started (post). Data were analyzed using the Friedman test followed by the Dunn-Bonferroni correction. The study sample consisted of 22 healthy participants aged from 20 to 60 years with no previous experience with yoga or meditation equivalent to MT. The mean number of days of MT practice was 26.4, and 11 participants had interruptions. The median values of pre-, during-, and post-total FFMQ scores were 115.5, 123, and 129, respectively. Significant differences were observed in the total pre and post (p < 0.001) and during and post (p = 0.002) FFMQ scores, though a medium effect was found (r = 0.30) only between the pre and post scores. Of the five sub-scales of FFMQ, significant differences were observed only between pre and post Observing (p = 0.01), Nonreactivity (p < 0.001), and Describing (p = 0.01), and during and post Nonjudging (p = 0.016), and Nonreactivity (p = 0.025). Our findings suggest that the simple, brief, and flexible self-breathing method employed in this study has a substantial effect on fostering trait mindfulness and, therefore, can be adopted by people with hectic daily schedules.

ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ВІДКРИТИХ ДЖЕРЕЛ ІНФОРМАЦІЇ ДЛЯ ВИВЧЕННЯ ДІЛОВОЇ РЕПУТАЦІЇ СУБ’ЄКТІВ ГОСПОДАРЮВАННЯ: ВІТЧИЗНЯНИЙ ДОСВІД

Economic transformations in the national and global economy and the spread of crisis phenomena are intensifying competition in the market. In today's environment, business entities have long realized that they cannot afford to delay and wait for the consequences when faced with a deterioration or loss of business reputation among a certain circle of contact groups. In addition, it should be borne in mind that there is a dynamic growth of the Internet audience and a clear shift of communications to the online sphere. Therefore, business reputation plays an important role in the stable position of business entities, which allows them to maintain the level of demand for their products, maintain business relations, attract investments, etc. In addition, business reputation is an important element for business entities today, as it is important primarily for society, as it is the main and impartial subject of its assessment. Business reputation is a full-fledged intangible asset, and therefore the formation, management and use of it as a tool to ensure competitive advantages in the market in a highly competitive environment is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, the operation of any business entity, from the moment of its foundation, forms its reputation in the market among buyers, suppliers, investors and other counterparties. A positive business reputation contributes to the rapid development of an enterprise by increasing the number of potential customers, increasing sales, and, consequently, the company's share in the total market capacity. Thus, the concept of "business reputation" is not abstract, as it is primarily characterized by positive effects in the course of its activities and is accompanied by the corresponding costs of its formation and maintenance at a certain level. Under such conditions, it can be argued that the development and application of effective methods of constructing reputation in accordance with the goals and objectives of reputation management is of strategic importance in the activities of a business entity. And the main task of the top management of any business entity is to form an effective mechanism for managing reputational assets at each stage of the business life cycle, which will ultimately allow achieving a competitive advantage in the market and, as a result, stable functioning in the future.

Centering Care and Kindness: Mentoring Ph.D. Students in Tumultuous Times

ABSTRACTFeaturing presenters from the U.S. and Canada, participants of this alternative event will engage in discussion about mentoring principles of and approaches to working Ph.D. students that help them balance their busy lives with the stress of research and studying and create an inclusive environment in academia. The session will open with a series of lightning talks whereby the presenters will highlight select aspects of the topic, stressing the notions of care, compassion, kindness, and empathy in successful supervision and mentoring. Subsequently, the presenters will engage the audience in a series of interactive activities that will help attendees to learn specific mentoring techniques that can later be applied in their own work with Ph.D. students.

Can Business Ethics and Political Ethics Close/Narrow the Gap Between Morality and Economic Development-Power?

Can business ethics and political ethics solve the problems in business and politics caused by people's lifelong pursuit of economic and political power throughout their lives? This study, which we have built around this question, basically aims to present an analysis of the ethical violations and problems encountered in business and politics, two important areas of human experience, and the ethical emphasis developed to prevent them. In business; working, doing business, trading and pursuing pure profit and taking these as ends in themselves raise a wide variety of ethical problems in society and business life. There have been some recommendations of business ethics to solve these problems. In politics, on the other hand, we also face problems caused by the notion that public morality can be ignored, lies can be told when necessary, and any path that leads to political goals can be considered legitimate. This article argues that it is not possible to fully solve moral violations and problems in the fields of economy and politics with business ethics and political ethics. This is because the understanding of morality / ethics and human understanding underlies these problems is problematic. Utilitarianism, which was developed in the 17th century and is the moral philosophy of the English-speaking world, was formulated by Bentham and Mill and takes into account the general benefit of society on the basis of pleasure. It is an approach that does not see virtues, which are the backbone of morality, as essential because it accepts social interest and pleasure as the basis. Again, an understanding of humanity that sees people as beings with pure ambition and egoism, such idea that regards man is a wolf to man, and that is based on the motto that big fish eats the litle, is an understanding of humanity that excludes the altruism, which is characteristic of morality. If we want to fundamentally solve ethical problems in the fields of economics and politics, we need an approach that considers virtues and altruism as essential. This study emphasizes that the understanding of virtue of Aristotle and Islamic philosophers should be taken as a basis in solving problems in the field of economics and politics. It concludes that elements such as property, wealth and position, which are also at stake in the fields of economy and politics, have instrumental rather than values. Our article is a problem-oriented, partly systematic analysis, compilation article. Our study is based on the idea of shaping economic and political life from the perspective of virtue ethics.

Work Life Balance Assessments of AXIS Bank Employees

“There is only one success – To be able to spend your life, your own way” Christopher Morley Life is short journey of self- discovery. It is a journey of choices and challenges that a human makes. The ups and downs that occur, as a consequence of these choices and challenges, have to be tackled by man, himself. The decisions he takes to counteract these choices and challenges, determines his success in life. ZigZagler, the late well- known American author and motivational speaker once said “I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life, if your home life is in shambles”. The study, ‘Work life balance assessments of bank employees’, marginally captured this viewpoint, by studying the work lives of a selected set of employees of AXIS bank. Work life balance is not an individual concern any more. It is individuals who make organizations. Work life balance thus, has transitioned from the traditional individual psychological realm to social, emotional, organizational and cultural needs of every modern organization today. It is an issue that is of ultimate importance and priority, to both to the organizations and its employees. With the lines between work and life having completely blurred, especially in the globalized business, every organization is struggling to retain a ‘happy’ worker. Working executives from top to bottom; i.e. from Chief Executive Officer to a Management Trainee across the globe, seem to be resting on a volcano of stress and imbalance which can erupt and explode any moment.

PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK UMKM TERHADAP KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN DENGAN SELF EFFICACY SEBAGAI PEMODERASI

This study aims to understand the factors that affect the quality of loan proceeds for students who use self-efficacy as a moderating model. The data collection technique uses a quantitative survey method that is derived from providing a silent and timely questionnaire to 117 respondents who are students at UMKM Nasabah BTPN Syariah, with the results being analyzed using a Likert scale. Based on data analysis using the regression analysis technique with interaction, alat uji PROCESS SPSS 27. It appears that the trade owner's discernment, the employees' recognition, and the business's life span positively affect the quality of the SAK EMKM credit portfolio. Then again, accounting information negatively affects the quality of SAK EMKM's money exchanges. The relationship between the owner's, operator's, and long-term commerce recognitions and the quality of the business's budgetary portfolio is not influenced by self-efficacy. Self-efficacy adjusts the relationship between mindfulness and mindfulness.

Self-medication Practices Among Muslim Youth of Kashmir: An Empirical Study

In many parts of the world self-medication is a popular practice to treat some common minor diseases in order to save time and money without realizing side effects of self-medication for the patients. We know ‘Over The Counter’ (OTC) drugs are meant for self-medications but their wrong use due to lack of knowledge about medicines can have grave side-effects on patients. In Kashmir the growth in self-medications in Kashmir can be attributed to urge to self-care, feeling of sympathy towards ill family members, deficiency of health services, economic condition, unawareness and easy availability of drugs in medical shops. To treat minor common diseases like fever, cold, cough, diarrhoea etc patients acquire expert advices from family members, neighbours or strangers about medications. Majority of people do not take their illness seriously or avoid Doctor because of busy life, ignoring side effects of self-medication. In Kashmir, it is a common practice in homes to use antibiotics like Co-Amoxyclav 625 and Azithromycin for treating common cold and sharing of prescriptions within the family, using the left over medications for somewhat related symptoms is quite a popular practice. In the present study carried out in Kashmir valley, a survey of the study area was carried out and discussions were held with the elders as well as with medical practitioners. A well-designed validated questionnaire was used to collect the information from 400 youth selected at random from Kashmir on their consent. The data collected from survey was statistically analysed using standard statistical methods. The study revealed that majority of respondents were taking medicine without consulting a Doctor to treat minor ailments. Statistically, it was observed that there was a significant difference in the attitude of male and female respondents towards self medication (P&lt;0.01). The discussion with respondents revealed that they were interested in knowing Islamic ruling about self-medication as in the present world due to lack of patience youth take medicine because of depression and anxiety. Islam allows modern treatment of many diseases like infertility provided it is not against the teaching of Islam and guidance of holy Prophet. Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) taught Muslims to pray more in tough times for attaining peace of mind, relief from pain, anxiety and worries. Finally, it was suggested that everyone should avoid self-medication as much as possible and Government should play its role to avoid the selling of banned medicines on medical shops without Doctors prescription

Capital is not a factor of production but organizes the allocation and distribution of resources in capitalism

AbstractEconomists usually define capital as a factor of production—roughly speaking, as physical equipment. This paper demonstrates the limits of this common approach and develops a meaningful alternative. In actual business life, capital refers to the monetary value of business assets, regardless of what the assets consist of, and as such, it is an important aspect of economic calculations that helps to guide entrepreneurial activities. In this sense, capital is pervasive in capitalist societies. Virtually all goods and services are produced by profit-oriented enterprises. Natural resources, intermediate goods, and finished products all appear on the balance sheets of enterprises and are consequently part of business capital. Likewise, the majority of people are employees of enterprises. They receive their pay because the employing firms consider this to be a profitable investment of their capital. Despite its extreme practical importance, this business notion of capital is ignored by nearly the entire economics profession. The paper shows how economists could profit from adopting the business notion of capital, irrespective of their ideological backgrounds.

Sparking leadership and perceived organizational support as predictors of cyberloafing

Alongside numerous benefits in business life (such as additional business opportunities, increased labour productivity), the Internet is responsible for adverse effects like cyberloafing in the workplace. Accessing the Internet for personal purposes during work hours is a prominent reason for counterproductive employee behaviour. The current theoretical background, however, is not sufficient to explain the causes of such behaviour. The article aims to identify the role of such factors as sparking leadership and perceived organizational support in preventing employees’ willingness to use their work time to engage in nonwork-related internet activities. To do so, five dimensions of cyberloafing are discussed: sharing, shopping, real-time updating, accessing online content, and gaming/gambling. Leadership theories, social exchange theory, and organizational support theory constitute the methodological basis of the research. The methods used are confirmatory factor analysis, and the PLS-SEM technique to reach a path model revealing the direct, indirect, and total relationships between the given dimensions. The data were collected from March to September 2023 through a face-to-face survey with 95 respondents from over 40 SMEs operating in Türkiye. The results revealed that perceived organizational support mediates the relationship between sparking leadership and sharing, shopping, and real-time updating dimensions of cyberloafing. The results point to the need for reconsidering organizational practices, values, and policies in a way that would foster employees’ well-being and happiness within the organization and mitigate their cyberloafing behaviour.

TRANSFORMATIVE BUSINESS GROWTH STAGE MODEL TO FACE UNCERTAINTY

The business landscape was characterized by rapid change, intense competition, and various substitute products. These factors shortened business life cycles and hindered business growth. Therefore, there was a need for a more appropriate model that could suit the current condition. The study aimed to develop a transformative Growth Stage Model (GSM) effectively adapted to modern challenges and uncertainty. This qualitative approach involved inductive theory building with seven case studies of SME owners in Yogjakarta and Central Java. Developed models, patterns, and interview themes were built, including resilience, business performance, and leadership for the early growth, growth, and decline stages. In addition, these patterns and themes were used to develop three stages of transformative GSM known as GSM 4.0.

ОСНОВНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ СТУДЕНТОВ-ИНОСТРАНЦЕВ В РАМКАХ ДИСЦИПЛИНЫ «ДЕЛОВОЙ ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК»

The article discusses the issues of formation of intercultural competence of foreign students within the discipline "Business foreign language, business Russian". Special attention is paid to the general description of the content of this discipline from the point of view of the Russian as foreign language, material is offered for working with foreign undergraduates and the tasks of developing intercultural competence are described: improving the language level, getting an idea of Russian business life, familiarization with official business and scientific discourse. The main difficulties of working with foreign students are considered. Special attention is paid to the traditional model of teaching business communication, an introduction to the peculiarities of oral business discourse and the main features of Russian business life is offered. The article outlines the prospect of methodological work on the discipline "Business foreign language and business Russian".

기업가적 지향성과 경영성과 간 관계: 기업 수명주기 단계별 차이 분석

This study empirically analyzes the impact of the managerial environment, CEO's vision and strategy, and organizational management system on entrepreneurial orientation in domestic companies, as well as the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance. Additionally, it examines how these relationships differ across various stages of the corporate life cycle. The analysis utilizes data from the 2022 Entrepreneurial Activity Survey (Company Edition) conducted by the Korea Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation, designated as official statistics by Statistics Korea, which surveyed 3,120 companies. The results of the empirical analysis are as follows First, business environment, vision and strategy are significantly positively related to entrepreneurial orientation. In terms of firm life cycle, we find that firms in the start-up phase are slightly more sensitive to the business environment, while vision and strategy are important regardless of firm life cycle. Second, the operating system of the firm does not have a statistically significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation, and the hypothesis is rejected. It seems that it is important to have an operating system in place from the start-up stage in terms of the business life cycle. Third, a significant positive relationship was found between entrepreneurial orientation and managerial performance, and entrepreneurial orientation had a positive impact on managerial performance regardless of the firm's life cycle. The results of this study expand the factors influencing entrepreneurial orientation and provide theoretical and policy insights by analyzing the corporate life cycle, which is rarely addressed in the field of entrepreneurship, by distinguishing between the startup phase and other phases.

What drives tourists’ sustainable mobility at city destinations? Insights from ten European capital cities

The growth in tourism has brought benefits but also pressured urban transportation systems, particularly in capitals where it intersects with business and local life. While urban sustainable mobility development typically centers on the transportation needs of the residents, it frequently neglects the unsustainable travel habits of tourists. This study focuses on the key elements influencing sustainable tourist transportation, stressing the imperative for city administrations to tackle this concern. Based on a study of ten European capital cities and 5220 individual tourists, unique perspectives on urban tourist transportation are provided. Initially, a DCSM index (Destination City’ Sustainable Mobility Index) was crafted to mirror the sustainability of urban transportation systems, integrating data on cities’ transportation modes and factors promoting sustainable transportation while deterring unsustainable options. This index was then embedded in an ordered logit model, with the sustainable transportation choices of tourists as the dependent variable. The findings show that the traits of the destination city and the transportation preferences from the tourist’s home location, combined with accommodation and trip details, considerably influence their transportation decisions at the destination. These insights underline the potential to mold sustainable tourist behaviors by advancing environmentally friendly transportation systems, enhancing urban planning, and optimally positioning hotels. However, it is vital to acknowledge that without influencing tourists’ routine behaviors at home through education, their travel choices might persist. This research underscores the need for holistic strategies that integrate both destination-specific actions and pre-trip educational initiatives to truly promote tourists’ sustainable transportation behavior.

ADOPTION OF STRATEGIC DECISIONS AT THE ENTERPRISE

The process of determining the best way to achieve goals and objectives is called strategic decision making. These are long-term goals and objectives, as well as strategic decision-making tools, that help describe the company's primary goals in order to achieve short-term goals with a broad mission. In the long run, the company gains clarity and consistency in achieving its goals. Strategic decision-making is used in competitive companies to give the company a competitive advantage by changing its scale and the way the company manages its operations. The difference between strategic decision-making and other decision-making processes, such as administrative and operational decision-making, is that strategic decision-making is a long-term process that requires significant resources and is fraught with uncertainty. Administrative decisions are based on short-term goals. Unlike other decision-making processes, strategic decision-making considers the long-term future of the company. Successful business managers do more than just make money and sell products. They not only perform day-to-day sales tasks, but also look at the big picture and make decisions that will lead the company to its desired goal. This is known as strategic decision making, and it occurs when decisions are made in line with the company's goals or mission. This type of decision-making directs the choices made, aligning them with the company's goals. This requires creative thinking as managers must consider future scenarios that may or may not occur. These scenarios will determine the direction of the company's development. Business strategy is a competitive advantage. Businesses need strategies to ensure that resources are allocated in the most efficient way. There has been much research on strategies and much literature outlining the importance of strategies for successful business management. The word "strategy" is probably one of the most used words in business and everyday life [26]. According to Schendel, there are many preparation strategies in the business world for almost every potential activity, from employee management strategies to knowledge management strategies. At first glance, we have the idea that strategy is something simple that refers to the use of resources to realize pre-planned goals. But in practice, strategies differ in terms of time, and its formulation and implementation cannot be perfect. When a firm earns earnings above the average for its industry, the firm is said to have a competitive advantage over its rivals.

Pengelolaan Kampung Pecinan Sudiroprajan Sebagai Daya Tarik Wisata Budaya Di Surakarta

Sudiroprajan Chinatown has tourist attractions that can support cultural tourism attractions in Surakarta City. With multi-ethnic acculturation in terms of annual celebrations to the special foods available in Sudiroprajan Chinatown Village. However, due to the pandemic the Sudiroprajan Pokdarwis was no longer active and resulted in the paralysis of the tourist attraction icon in Sudiroprajan Chinatown Village. The purpose of this study is to find out what attractions exist in Sudiroprajan Chinatown Village and then to analyze the inhibiting factors for the development of tourist attractions and come up with some suggestions so that they can attract tourists to visit. To get the data in this research is to do direct observation, documentation, and direct interview with the Head of Pokdarwis Sudiroprajan and look for literature studies related to the research problem. The results obtained are many tourist attractions in the form of the Kali Pepe and Grebeg Sudiro river crossings. See the Lion Dance and various culinary delights. The obstacles found were regarding inconsistent management due to the large number of youth volunteers who have their own busy lives and finally the Covid-19 virus. Further research is suggested to expand the attraction of cultural tourism around the Surakarta City area.

Social Capital in the Patron-Client Dimension towards the Sustainability of Seaweed Cultivation Businesses in Rural Areas, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

The system of livelihoods in seaweed cultivation becomes the subject of study because of the factor of production, and the distribution of the output of production requires a strategy of merging between something material and non-material that involves interaction with various actors in society. The social capital awakened by the actors in the seaweed cultivation business through the patron-client dimension is an effort to ensure the sustainability of the business. The study aims to characterize the components of social capital that bind, bridge, and connect in the context of the relationship between actors in seaweed cultivation, including the important role of the combination of these three types of social capital in the sustainability of the seaweed cultivation business. The Research methods use qualitative descriptive approaches. Data is collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed with open, axial, and selective encoding. The results show that actors in seaweed cultivation enterprises combine the social capital components of bonding, bridging, and linking selectively, depending on the interests behind each interaction with different actors. Social bonding capital is owned by seaweed farmers in their interactions to gain access to financial capital (in the form of cash and loans). The patron-client relationship pattern is the most prominent of the reciprocity relationships, where the patron is the provider of corporate capital and the guarantor of subsistence is the cultivator. The social bridging and linking capital is owned in its interaction to gain access to social assistance and political support as well as networking. Mechanisms of sale of seaweed production are dominated by marketing networks using intermediary services (middlemen) through the concept of personalized exchange. In such market trading, the symptoms of “boro” (guarantees) are detected through subscription relationships between sellers and buyers characterized by regular personality contacts and through credit mechanisms known as “take now, pay later”. Therefore, social capital plays an important role in the sustainability of seaweed farming in the countryside. In a situation of economic or environmental change, social capital can help the farmer adapt and survive in his business and household life. We found that social capital plays an important role in the rural habitat system, where access to livelihoods depends on social relationships. Thus, support is needed to strengthen the capacity of social capital in societies because the configuration of the social capital elements can inherit the cognitive social capital, the social structural capital and the social relational capital necessary for the improved social, economic and cultural development of societies.

Investigation of the effect of women’s employment indicators on women’s health indicators by panel data analysis method

With the increase in the education level of women, their level of representation in the professional professions and their presence in business life has increased. It has been inevitable that this situation would affect the socio-economic structure of societies and the health indicators of employed women. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of women’s employment indicators on women’s health indicators using the panel data analysis method. Two different econometric models were developed in the study. Model-1 predicts that a possible 1% increase in the female unemployment rate would result in a 0.06% decrease in the fertility rate. Model-2 estimates that a possible 1% increase in the female unemployment rate would lead to a 0.04% decrease in female-specific average life expectancy. Also, it is predicted that a possible increase of 1% in the total labor force participation rate of women can provide an increase of 0.04% in the average life expectancy of women. The results of the study indicate that the presence of women in the workforce directly impacts women’s health indicators, particularly socio-economic indicators. Thus, there is a need to develop employment policies based on women’s health in the employability of women.

Experiences of Prejudice and Discrimination from the Perspective of Syrian Migrants: A Qualitative Study in Türkiye

This study examines Syrian immigrants’ experiences of prejudice and discrimination, their causes, and solutions based on their own experiences. The findings obtained from in-depth interviews with the 20 participants selected using the snowball sampling method are as follows. There are experiences of prejudice and discrimination in business life, such as late employment, wage inequality, and marginalizing labels. Experiences of exclusion, such as marginalizing discourses and being treated differently, are evident in social life. The reasons for these phenomena are economic, social, and media factors. Social policies and education regulations are needed to prevent prejudice and discrimination. Among these suggestions, steps such as facilitating services for Syrians and improving Turkish language skills stand. This research makes an important contribution to the field in terms of addressing the causes and solutions of prejudice and discrimination against migrants based on their own experiences. Therefore, we argue that it is important to include the voices of migrants in future research on the causes and prevention of prejudice and discrimination.