THE ROLE OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS AT IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT'S IMPACT ON CAREER SUCCESS

Year 2015, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 1 - 18, 26.12.2015

Şebnem Aslan , Şükrü Toygar , Demet Ulutaş

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the impact of personal and social factors such; EQ (Emotional Quotient), self-respect and social comparison on the impression management's impact on subjective career success and also to ascertain health care personnel's opinions on career success. The research has been conducted in 6 major hospitals with 330 health care workers in Konya, province of Turkey. Bolino and Turnley's (1999) impression management scale; Greenhaus, Parasuraman and Wormley's (1990) career success scale; Rosenberg's self-esteem scale and Gibbon and Buunk's (1999) social comparison orientation scale have been used.The results show that impression management does not have an impact on career success directly, rather it affects on social comparison variables. Social comparison variables constitute a direct link between impression management and career success. The results of the study reveal that other variables such as; EQ and self-esteem have no impact on this relationship.

 

Keywords: Impression management, career success,  healthcare employees

 

 

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İZLENİM YÖNETİMİNDE KİŞİSEL VE SOSYAL FAKTÖR ROLLERİNİN KARİYER BAŞARISI ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

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Araştırmanın amacı, izlenim yönetiminin sübjektif kariyer başarısına etkisinde duygusal zekâ, kendine saygı ve sosyal karşılaştırma gibi kişisel ve sosyal faktörlerin aracılık etkisini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırmada bir diğer amaç ise, sağlık çalışanlarının objektif ve sübjektif kariyer başarısına ilişkin görüşlerinin tespit edilmesidir. Araştırma, Türkiye’de Konya ilinde 6 büyük hastanede 330 sağlık çalışanı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bolino ve Turnley (1999) tarafından geliştirilen izlenim yönetimi ölçeği; Greenhaus, Parasuraman ve Wormley (1990) tarafından geliştirilen sübjektif kariyer başarısı ölçeği; Wong ve Law (2002) tarafından geliştirilen duygusal zekâ ölçeği; Rosenberg’in Kendine Saygı Ölçeği (Self-Esteem Scale) ve Gibbons ve Buunk (1999) tarafından geliştirilen Sosyal Karşılaştırma Eğilimi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Araştırmanın sonucunda izlenim yönetiminin sübjektif kariyer başarısı üzerine etkisi direkt etkiden ziyade sosyal karşılaştırma aracı değişkeni vasıtasıyla gerçekleşmiştir. Yani sosyal karşılaştırma değişkeni, izlenim yönetimi ve sübjektif kariyer başarısı arasındaki ilişkide tam aracı role sahiptir. Diğer değişkenlerin, yani duygusal zekâ ve kendine saygı değişkenlerinin bu ilişkide anlamlı bir etkisi tespit edilememiştir

Keywords

İzlenim yönetimi, kariyer başarısı, sağlık çalışanları

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