THE EFFECTS OF CORONAPHOBIA ON DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND WORK ENGAGEMENT

Year 2021, Volume: 39 Issue: 3, 459 - 474, 29.09.2021

Vedat Tanış , Güler Yanık

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.826025

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus (Covid 19) has brought serious changes on social, institutional and individual life routines. This study focused on the decision-making and job commitment of managers during the pandemic. The aim of the study is to reveal the effects of coronaphobia on decision-making styles and work commitment. In this direction, the conceptual framework of coronaphobia, decision-making styles and work commitment were given, literature was reviewed, and the analyses have been carried out accordingly. The sample of the study consists of the health administrators working in Rize. The data received from 51 health administrators were analyzed using structural equation modeling. According to the results of the study, coronaphobia has a statistically significant and positive effect on avoidance decision-making behavior, rational decision-making behavior and dependent decision-making behavior. Furthermore, it was concluded that coronaphobia has has no effect on intuitive decision-making behavior. Overall, it has been found that Coronaphobia has a statistically significant and negative effect on the willingness to work and commitment to work.

Keywords

Coronaphobia, Covid-19, decision-making style, work engagement

KORONAFOBİNİN KARAR VERME TARZLARI VE İŞE BAĞLILIK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Yeni korona virüsün (Covid-19) neden olduğu pandemi süreci toplumsal, kurumsal ve bireysel düzeyde yaşam rutinleri üzerinde ciddi değişimleri beraberinde getirmiştir. Çalışma pandemi döneminde, yöneticilerin karar verme tarzları ve işe bağlılıkları üzerine odaklanmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı koronafobinin karar verme tarzları ve işe bağlılık üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu araştırmada koronafobi, karar verme tarzları ve işe bağlılık kavramlarının kavramsal çerçevesi verilmiş, literatür taraması yapılmış, araştırmanın uygulaması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın anakütlesini Rize ilinde görev yapan sağlık yöneticileri oluşturmaktadır. 51 sağlık yöneticisinden geri dönüşü alınan anket form verileri, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre koronafobi kaçınma karar verme davranışı rasyonel karar verme davranışı ve bağımlı karar verme davranışının istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ve pozitif yönde yordayıcısıdır. Diğer taraftan koronafobinin sezgisel karar verme davranışı üzerinde herhangi bir etkisinin olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Koronafobinin işe bağlılığın işe istek duyma ve işe adanma boyutlarının istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ve negatif yönde yordayıcısı olduğu saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Koronafobi, Covid-19 virüsü, karar verme tarzı, işe bağlılık

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