The Importance of Proactive Coping and Individual Ambidexterity Relationship: A Study on Managers

Year 2022, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 159 - 171, 30.12.2022

Derya Yücel

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between managers' perceptions of proactive coping and individual ambidexterity is examined. In this context, the relationship between proactive coping and individual ambidexterity was analyzed with the PLS-SEM analysis method. The survey method was used in obtaining the data within the scope of the research, and for this purpose, a sample of 266 participants consisting of the managers in the enterprises located in the Marmara region was reached. The findings obtained as a result of the analysis show that proactive coping in managers directly affects individual ambidexterity in a significant and positive way. The findings also reveal that the relationship between the variables does not differ according to the demographic characteristics of managers such as age, experience, education, and company variables such as firm size.

Keywords

Proactive coping, individual ambidexterity, management, organizational behavior, partial least square structural equation analysis.

Proaktif Başa Çıkma ve Bireysel Çift Yönlülük İlişkisinin Önemi: Yöneticiler Üzerinde Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu çalışmada yöneticilerin proaktif başa çıkma davranışı ve bireysel çift yönlülük algıları arasındaki ilişki incelenmektedir. Bu çerçevede yöneticilerin proaktif başa çıkma davranışı ve bireysel çift yönlülüğü arasındaki ilişki kısmi en küçük kareli yapısal eşitlik analizi yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamında verilerin elde edilmesinde anket yönteminden yararlanılmış bu amaçla Marmara bölgesinde yer alan işletmelerdeki yöneticilerden oluşan 266 katılımcılı örnekleme ulaşılmıştır.
Analiz sonucunda elde edilen bulgular yöneticilerde proaktif başa çıkma davranışının bireysel çift yönlülüğü doğrudan anlamlı ve pozitif yönde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Bulgular ayrıca değişkenler arasındaki ilişkinin yöneticilerin yaş, tecrübe, eğitim gibi demografik özellikleri ve firma büyüklüğü gibi şirket değişkenlerine göre farklılık göstermediğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Proaktif başa çıkma, bireysel çift yönlülük, yönetim, örgütsel davranış, kısmi en küçük kareli yapısal eşitlik analizi., Proactive coping, individual ambidexterity, management, organizational behavior, partial least square structural equation analysis.

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