The Mediating Role of Job Engagement in the Relationship of Psychological Capital and Organizational Justice Perception on Flow: A Research in Turkish Defense Industry

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 335 - 374, 29.08.2022

Kutay Akın

https://doi.org/10.33399/biibfad.938943

Abstract

In this study, the effect of organizational justice perception and psychological capital on the flow and whether this effect mediates with job engagement is examined. The research sample consists of 533 employees of corporate private organizations representing the Turkish Defense Industry in terms of their turnover. In order to measure the variables; UWES Short Scale, Psychological Capital Short Scale, Organizational Justice Scale and Flow Scale were used. Analysis such as analysis of demographic data and descriptive statistics; testing the significance between variables; and testing the measurement model and the structural model was made. According to the findings, the job engagement was found as a significant antecedent of flow and mediated the relationship between flow and psychological capital and organizational justice perception. It was concluded that organizational justice perception affects flow through job engagement; job engagement and flow are differentiated in a certain way but similar concepts in terms of their dimensions.

Keywords

Organizational justice perception, psychological capital, job engagement, flow, Turkish Defense Industry

Psikolojik Sermaye ve Örgütsel Adalet Algısının Akış Deneyimi Üzerindeki Etkisinde İşe Tutulmanın Aracılık Rolü: Türk Savunma Sanayinde Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, örgütsel adalet algısı ve psikolojik sermayenin, akış deneyimi üzerindeki etkisi ve bu etkiye işe tutulmanın aracılık edip etmediği irdelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini, ciroları itibariyle Türk Savunma Sanayini temsil eden kurumsal özel işletmelerin 533 çalışanı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın değişkenlerini ölçmek amacı ile; Utrecht İşe Tutulma Ölçeği Kısa Formu, Psikolojik Sermaye Ölçeği Kısa Formu, Örgütsel Adalet Ölçeği ve Akış Deneyimi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler; demografik veriler ve tanımlayıcı istatistiklerin analizi; değişkenler arası anlamlılıkların sınanması; ölçüm modeli ve yapısal modelin test edilmesi gibi üç aşamalı bir analize tabi tutulmuştur. Analizler ışığında, işe tutulma davranışının anlamlı şekilde akış deneyimine öncül olduğu, bu kapsamda psikolojik sermaye ve örgütsel adalet algısı ile akış deneyimi ilişkisine aracılık ettiği görülmüştür. Örgütsel adalet algısının akış deneyimi ile anlamlı bir ilişkisi olmadığı ancak, işe tutulma üzerinden akışı etkilediği sonucuna varılmıştır. İşe tutulma ve akış deneyiminin alt boyutları itibari ile birbirlerine yakın kavramlar olduğu ancak belirli şekilde birbirinden ayrıştığı da görülmüştür.

Keywords

Örgütsel adalet algısı, psikolojik sermaye, işe tutulma, akış deneyimi, Türk Savunma Sanayi

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