The Effect of Sports Club Employees' Levels of Emotional Intelligence and Compassionate Love on Mobbing Perceptions

Year 2024, , 304 - 315, 30.09.2024

Emine Kaya , Zeynep Onağ

https://doi.org/10.47778/ejsse.1507357

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the effect of sports club employees' emotional intelligence and compassionate love levels on mobbing perceptions. The research study group consists of 184 personnel working in sports clubs in Izmir. The survey method was used as the data collection technique of the research. A personal information form to gather personal information of the participants, "Negative Behaviours Scale" developed by Einarsen & Raknes (1997) and adapted into Turkish by Cemaloğlu (2007) to measure mobbing perception of the participants, "Emotional Intelligence Scale" developed by Schutte et al. (1998) and adapted into Turkish by Şahin (2006), and the " Compassionate Love Scale" developed by Sprecher & Fehr (2005) and adapted into Turkish by Akın & Eker (2012) were used as data collection tools. The data gathered were analysed by using a statistical program. While the emotional intelligence levels of sports club employees were found to be a significant predictor of their perceptions of mobbing, their levels of compassionate love were found to have no significant effect.

Keywords

Mobbing, Emotional intelligence, Compassionate love

Spor Kulübü Çalışanlarının Duygusal Zeka ve Duyarlı Sevgi Düzeylerinin Mobbing Algıları Üzerindeki Etkisi

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, spor kulübü çalışanlarının duygusal zekâ ve duyarlı sevgi düzeylerinin mobbing algılarına etkisini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırmada tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, İzmir ilindeki spor kulüplerinde çalışan 184 personelden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama araçları, katılımcıların kişisel bilgilerini öğrenmek amacıyla kişisel bilgiler formu, katılımcıların mobbing algısını ölçebilmek amacıyla Einarsen & Raknes (1997) tarafından geliştirilen ve Cemaloğlu (2007) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan “Olumsuz Davranışlar Ölçeği”, katılımcıların duygusal zeka düzeylerini belirlemek için Schutte vd. (1998) tarafından, oluşturulan ve Şahin’in (2006) Türkçeye uyarlamasını yaptığı “Duygusal Zeka Ölçeği” ve Sprecher & Fehr’in (2005) geliştirdiği ve Akın & Eker’in (2012) Türkçeye uyarladıkları “Duyarlı Sevgi Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın veri toplama tekniğinde ise, anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verileri istatistik programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Spor kulübü çalışanlarının duygusal zeka düzeylerinin mobbing algıları üzerinde anlamlı bir yordayıcı olduğu görülürken, duyarlı sevgi düzeylerinin önemli bir etkiye sahip olmadığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Mobbing, Duygusal zeka, Duyarlı sevgi

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