The Volatility of Employees’ Psychological Capital Sub-Dimensions with Demographic Features

Year 2019, Volume: 21 Issue: 4, 1171 - 1192, 30.12.2019

Cem Şen , İbrahim Sani Mert Kemal Eroğluer

https://doi.org/10.32709/akusosbil.475957

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Psychological
capital subject is an important area in the field of organizational behavior in
which crucial works has been carried out recently. The psychological capital
subject analyzed with hope, optimism, endurance and self-efficacy dimensions in
literature has been analyzed with the same dimensions in this study too. The
aim of the study is to define the relations between the subdimensions of the
psychological capital; self-efficacy, hope, psychological endurance and
optimism and the demographic features of gender, age, and working hours. The
questionnaire forms which has been prepared with this aim have been applied to
311 employees working in the operations in the field of defense industry. Data
has been analyzed with SPSS and AMOS programs. In the analysis, descriptive
statistics, effective and reliability analysis, differences among the groups,
comparison test, structural equation modeling, and hypothesis test have been
applied. According to the analysis results it is found out that the
psychological capital subdimensions of the employees  (self-efficacy, hope, psychological endurance
and optimism) are changed in the context of age and the working hours in the
organization and do not change in the context of gender.

Keywords

Psychological capital, gender, age, working periods, positive organizational behavior

Çalışanların Psikolojik Sermaye Alt Boyutlarının Demografik Özellikler Bağlamında Değişkenliği

Abstract

Psikolojik
sermaye örgütsel davranış alanında son yıllarda üzerinde önemli çalışmaların
yapıldığı bir konu olmuştur. Literatürde umut, iyimserlik, dayanıklılık ve
öz-yeterlilik boyutları ile incelenen psikolojik sermaye konusu bu çalışmada da
aynı boyutlarla incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın amacı çalışanların psikolojik sermaye
alt boyutları olan öz-yeterlilik, umut, psikolojik dayanıklılık ve iyimserlik
boyutları ile demografik özelliklerden cinsiyet, yaş ve çalışma süresi
arasındaki ilişkileri belirlemektir. Bu maksatla oluşturulan anket formları
savunma sanayinde faaliyet gösteren örgütlerdeki 311 çalışana uygulanmıştır.
Elde edilen veriler SPSS ve AMOS paket programları vasıtasıyla analiz
edilmiştir. Analizlerde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, geçerlilik ve güvenirlik
analizleri, gruplar arası farklılıklar ve karşılaştırma testleri ile yapısal
eşitlik modellemesi ve hipotez testi uygulanmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre
çalışanların psikolojik sermaye alt boyutları (öz yeterlilik, umut, psikolojik
dayanıklılık ve iyimserlik); yaş ve kurumdaki çalışma süresi bağlamında
değiştiği, cinsiyet bağlamında değişmediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Psikolojik Sermaye, cinsiyet, yaş, çalışma süresi, pozitif örgütsel davranış

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