A Statistical Outlook to the Impact of Work Engagement on the Social Life of Lawyers

Abstract

The concept of work engagement, which was introduced firstly by Kahn, is defined as the individual's physical, cognitive and emotional participation in work during role performance, and, it is a contagious concept that can spread among organizational members according to the Kahn. Work engagement is a concept that can affect an individual positively or negatively by reflecting from her work life to her family or social life, or from her family or social life to her work life. Accordingly, an individual's work and family lifes are interact with social life constantly, and since it is thought that a change in one will affect the other. For this reason, the integration of the individual with her social life will be achieved by maintaining balance in both areas, because imbalance in one area affects another area, the first area the individual will give up in order to maintain balance or meet the demands will be his/her social life. It is aimed to measure the knowledge and awareness levels of lawyers regarding the concept of work engagement and to reveal the effect of work engagement on the social life of lawyers. In the theoretical part of the study, the concept of work engagement was examined in a detailed way and in the application part, a questionnaire was conducted with lawyers registered to the Adana, Antalya, Mersin and Hatay Bar Association. These questionnaires were delivered to the lawyers by the Bar Associations they are affiliated with and the researcher. 312 lawyers answered questionnaires voluntarily and 15 questionnaires were excluded from the evaluation because they were filled out incompletely. In this context, 297 questionnaires were analyzed. As a result of the analyses conducted, it was determined that out of the 297 lawyers who participated in the study, 127 had heard of the concept of work engagement, while 170 had not. The number of lawyers who thought that being overly focused on their work negatively affected their family relationships was found to be 162, and the number of those who believed it negatively affected their social life was 181. Among the lawyers who were most familiar with the concept of work engagement were those with 1–5 years of professional experience.

Keywords

• Work Engagement
• Social Life
• Vigor
• Dedication
• Absorption
• Lawyers

İşle Bütünleşmenin Avukatların Sosyal Yaşamı Üzerindeki Etkisine İstatistiksel Bir Bakış

Abstract

İlk kez Kahn tarafından bireyin rol performansı sırasında fiziksel, bilişsel ve duygusal olarak işe katılımı olarak tanımlanan işle bütünleşme, Kahn’a göre bulaşıcı yani örgüt üyeleri arasında yayılabilen ve bireyin iş yaşamından aile veya sosyal yaşamına ya da aile veya sosyal yaşamından iş yaşamına yansıyarak olumlu ya da olumsuz şekillerde etki edebilen bir kavramdır. Bireyin iş ve aile yaşamı sosyal yaşam ile sürekli etkileşim içinde olduğundan birinde yaşanan değişikliğin diğerini de etkileyeceği düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle, bireyin sosyal yaşamı ile bütünleşmesi her iki alanda da denge sağlayabilmesi ile gerçekleşecektir, çünkü bir alanda yaşanan dengesizlik diğer bir alana etki ettiğinde bireyin dengeyi sağlamak ya da talepleri karşılamak adına ilk feragat edeceği alan sosyal yaşamı olacaktır. Bu çalışma ile avukatların işle bütünleşme kavramına yönelik bilgi ve farkındalık düzeylerinin ölçülmesi ve işle bütünleşmenin avukatların sosyal yaşamı üzerindeki etkisinin ortaya konması amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmanın teorik kısmında işle bütünleşme kavramı detaylı biçimde incelenmiş olup, uygulama kısmında ise Adana, Antalya, Mersin ve Hatay Barosuna kayıtlı avukatlıklar ile anket çalışması yapılmıştır. Bu anketler avukatlara bağlı oldukları Barolar ve araştırmacı tarafından ulaştırılmıştır. Anketleri 312 avukat gönüllü olarak cevaplamış, ancak 15 avukat anketi eksik doldurulduğu için bu anketler değerlendirme dışında tutulmuştur. Bu bağlamda 297 anket analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda araştırmaya katılan 297 avukattan 127 (%42,8) avukatın işle bütünleşme kavramını duyduğu, 170 (%57,2) avukatın ise bu kavramı duymadığı tespit edilmiştir. Avukatların işlerine çok fazla odaklanmalarının aile ilişkilerini olumsuz yönde etkilediğini düşünen avukatların sayısı 162 (%54,5), sosyal yaşamını olumsuz yönde etkilediğini düşünen avukatların sayısı ise 181 (%60,9), olarak tespit edilmiştir. İşle bütünleşme kavramını en çok duyan avukatlar arasında meslekte çalışma süresi 1-5 yıl olan avukatlar bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

• İşle Bütünleşme
• Sosyal Yaşam
• Azim
• Adanma
• Benimseme
• Avukatlar

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