SİVİL TOPLUM KURULUŞLARI GÖNÜLLÜLERİNDE ÇALIŞMANIN MERKEZİLİĞİ VE YAŞAM DOYUMU İLİŞKİSİ

Year 2023, Volume: 41 Issue: 3, 555 - 570, 27.09.2023

Mehmet Ali Taş

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.1152152

Abstract

Çalışmanın merkeziliği, hayatın diğer alanlarına göre işin daha önemli ve merkezi bir yere sahip olmasıdır. İşi hayatının merkezine konumlandıran insanlar için çalışmak, yaşam doyumunun önemli bir kaynağı olabilmektedir. Buradan hareketle bu araştırma, çalışmanın merkeziliğinin gönüllülerin yaşam doyumuna olan etkisini ortaya koymak amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Araştırma için çeşitli STK’larda (Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları) gönüllü olan 397 kişiden anket tekniğiyle veri toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler analiz edilmiş ve önemli bulgulara ulaşılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda çalışmanın merkeziliğinin yaşam doyumuyla anlamlı ve pozitif bir ilişkisinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bunun yanında hipotezi test etmek üzere yapılan yol analizinde çalışmanın merkeziliğinin yaşam doyumunu pozitif şekilde etkilediği saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak bireylerin bir STK’da gönüllü olarak yaptıkları faaliyetleri hayatlarının merkezine taşımaları, onların yaşam doyumuna olumlu bir katkısının olduğu söylenebilir.

Keywords

Çalışmanın Merkeziliği, Yaşam Doyumu, Gönüllüler

A Study on the Relationship between Work Centrality and Life Satisfaction in Volunteers

Abstract

Work centrality is that work has a more important and central place than other areas of life. For people who place work at the center of their lives, working can become an important source of life satisfaction. From this point of view, this research was carried out to reveal the effect of the work centrality on the life satisfaction of volunteers. For the research, data were collected from 397 volunteers in various NPOs using the questionnaire technique. The obtained data were analyzed and important findings were determined. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the work centrality had a significant and positive relationship with life satisfaction. In addition, in the sem analysis conducted in line with the hypothesis, it was determined that the work centrality positively affected life satisfaction. As a result, it can be said that the fact that the volunteers carry their volunteer activities to the center of their lives has a positive contribution to their life satisfaction.

Keywords

Work Centrality, Life Satisfaction, Volunteers

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