DO PERIODS OF CRISIS AFFECT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS? THE CASE OF THE TURKISH TEXTILE INDUSTRY

The principal purpose of this study is to determine and evaluate the human resources practices of corporations that faced problems in the crisis, which was developed in recent years as a result of the financial crisis. This study concentrates on “human resources practices ” because of the common opinion that “human resources ” play a helping role in facilitating major organisational change programmes and various crisis period practices. The study was limited to the Turkish textile sector in order to attain the determined objective. In conclusion, when looking at the human resources practices of organisations in recent years we see that they cannot be called unsuccessful. It is observed that within the organisations in the sample group, in crisis periods, we encounter results that can be regarded as positive as well as some that can be regarded as negative from the employees ’ stand-point. Although reducing the number of employees can be qualified as a negative effect of the crisis period from the employees ’ stand-point, increasing practices aiming at integrating the employees with the organisation with the objective of restructuring the psychological state of the employees can be regarded as a positive effect of this period