AKADEMİSYENİN İŞ ANLAMLILIĞI, KİŞİLER ARASI GÜVEN ve ÖRGÜTSEL BAĞLILIK İLİŞKİSİNİN İŞ ÖZELLİKLERİ KURAMI KAPSAMINDA İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Araştırmanın amacı iş özellikleri kuramı açısından akademisyenlerin faaliyetlerinde işlerinin anlamlılığına etki edebileceği düşünülen güven ve örgütsel bağlılık değişkenlerini bir model çerçevesinde ortaya koymaktadır. Günümüz üniversitelerde faaliyette bulunan akademisyenlerin çalışma arkadaşlarına karşı güven davranışları hem örgütsel bağlılıkları hem de işlerinin anlamlılığı üzerinde etkili olabilir. Bu açıdan araştırma Türkiye’de Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesinde farklı üniversitelerde faaliyette bulunan ayrı statülere sahip 406 akademisyen üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarında akademisyenlerin birbirlerine olan güven davranışlarının işlerinin anlamlılığı üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkilerinin olduğu görülmüştür. Akademisyenlerin birbirlerine olan güven davranışlarının örgütsel bağlılıkları üzerinde de pozitif ve anlamlı etkileri olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Ayrıca akademisyenlerin örgütsel bağlılıklarının da işlerinin anlamlılığı üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkileri olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmada akademisyenlerin birbirlerine olan güvenlerinin işlerinin anlamlılığı üzerindeki etkisinde örgütsel bağlılıklarının tam aracı etkiye sahip olduğu sonucuna erişilmiştir.

Keywords

• İş Özellikleri Kuramı
• İşin Anlamlılığı
• Kişilerarası Güven
• Örgütsel Bağlılık
• Çalışma Ortamı.

EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMICIANS' JOB MEANINGFULNESS, INTERPERSONAL TRUST AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE SCOPE OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS THEORY

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal the variables of trust and organizational commitment, which are thought to affect the meaningfulness of academicians' activities in terms of job characteristics theory, within a model framework. Trust behaviors of academicians working in today's universities towards their colleagues may have an impact on both their organizational commitment and the significance of their work. In this respect, the research was carried out on 406 academicians with different statuses working in different universities in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. In the research results, it was seen that academicians' trust behaviors towards each other had positive and significant effects on the significance of their work. It has been observed that academicians' trust behavior towards each other has positive and significant effects on their organizational commitment. Also, it was concluded that the organizational commitment of academicians had positive and significant effects on the significance of their work. In the study, it was concluded that the organizational commitment of academicians had a full mediating effect on the impact of their trust on each other on the meaningfulness of their work.

Keywords

• Job Characteristics Theory
• Job Meaningfulness
• Interpersonal Trust
• Organizational Commitment
• Working Environment.

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