Decent Work Model in the Context of Psychology of Working Theory

Öz

The Psychology of Working Theory was developed to examine the working experiences of people with limited economic resources who were discriminated in their lifetimes. The Decent Work term is situated in the theory’s center and it is proposed that there are contextual and psychological factors affecting access to jobs that fit in the Decent Work. This study aims to test the Decent Work Model as suggested by the Psychology of Working Theory on working Turkish adults. In the study, 351 participants filled out the economic constraints scale, lifetime experiences of marginalization scale, work volition scale and decent work scale. For data analysis, the path analysis method was used. According to the analysis result, economic constraints and marginalization predicted work volition and decent work to be negative and significant, whereas work volition predicted decent work to be positive and significant, and %38 of the change in decent work is explained by other variables. Furthermore, the mediator role of work volition between contextual factors and decent work was found to be significant. Result were discussed on the basis of literature, and suggestions for practice were developped.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Psychology of working theory

Çalışma Psikolojisi Kuramı Bağlamında İnsana Yakışır İş Modeli

Öz

Çalışma Psikolojisi Kuramı, ekonomik açıdan sınırlı kaynaklara ve ayrımcılığa maruz kalan bireylerin çalışma ile ilgili deneyimlerini incelemek amacıyla geliştirilmiştir. Kuramın merkezinde İnsana Yakışır İş kavramı yer almaktadır ve bu işlere ulaşmayı etkileyen çeşitli bağlamsal ve psikolojik faktörlerin olduğu belirtilmektedir. Bu bağlamda mevcut araştırma, Çalışma Psikolojisi Kuramı temelinde önerilen İnsana Yakışır İş modelinin çalışan yetişkinler üzerinde test edilmesini amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada 351 katılımcı Ekonomik Kısıtlılıklar Ölçeği, Yaşam Boyu Ötekileştirilme Ölçeği, Çalışma İradesi Ölçeği ve İnsana Yakışır İş Ölçeğini doldurmuşlardır. Verilerin analizinde path (yol) analizi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, ekonomik kısıtlılıklar ve ötekileştirilme çalışma iradesini ve insana yakışır işi negatif ve anlamlı bir şekilde yordarken, çalışma iradesi insana yakışır işi pozitif ve anlamlı bir şekilde yordamaktadır ve modeldeki tüm değişkeler insana yakışır işin %38’ini açıklamaktadır. Ayrıca çalışma iradesinin bağlamsal faktörler ile insana yakışır iş arasındaki aracı rolü anlamlı bulunmuştur. Son olarak sonuçlar alanyazın temelinde ele alınmış ve uygulamaya yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Çalışma Psikolojisi Kuramı
• İnsana Yakışır İş
• Bağlamsal Faktörler
• Psikolojik Faktörler

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