Policing in a democratic, free society is one of the essential arguments in the literature. However, the data collected from the police chiefs (N = 306) show that nepotism and…
Abstract
Policing in a democratic, free society is one of the essential arguments in the literature. However, the data collected from the police chiefs (N = 306) show that nepotism and favouritism, enforced mostly by politicians, are the main problems in police organization in Turkey. That means that legality is ignored by the governing political parties at the expense of democratization of policing. Consequently, law enforcement and maintaining social order within the principles of democracy are problematic in Turkey, which may provide such a climate as to favour organized criminal groups, that are against democratization of the country.
Fethi Calisir, A. Elvan Bayraktaroğlu, Cigdem Altin Gumussoy, Y. İlker Topcu and Tezcan Mutlu
The purpose of this study is to determine the relative importance of the usability and functionality factors for online auction and shopping web sites from the perspective of…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the relative importance of the usability and functionality factors for online auction and shopping web sites from the perspective of young consumers.
Design/methodology/approach
The Analytical Network Process (ANP) was used to analyse the relative importance of the usability and functionality factors.
Findings
The findings show that customers of online auction and shopping web sites give higher priority to usability and usability factors than to functionality, with navigation and interaction being the factors of highest relative importance.
Practical implications
First, customers assign higher priority to usability factors. Thus, early in the design phase, designers should attach more importance to navigation‐ and interaction‐related aspects of their web sites. Second, designers of web sites should include basic and advanced search options to increase the number of the web site users.
Originality/value
The study is the first to examine the relative importance of the usability and functionality factors of online auction and shopping web sites. Furthermore, the study fills this gap by identifying the complex interrelationships between various features of usability and functionality, and their impact on each other, by examining two Turkish online‐auction and shopping web sites.