THE EFFECT OF PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT ON JOB SATISFACTION: THE MEDIATE ROLE OF WORK FLOW EXPERIENCE

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 38 - 55

Yasemin Çelik , Hasan Hüseyin Uzunbacak

Abstract

Flow is a situation where people get immersed in an activity and completely lose the concept of time. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between person-organization fit, work flow experience and job satisfaction. The study also examined whether work flow experience has a mediating role in the effect of person-organization fit on job satisfaction. The research sample consists of 205 academicians working in Antalya. The relations between the variables were tested with four hypotheses, and a survey-based study was conducted to test the hypotheses. SPSS and AMOS statistical package programs were used in the analysis of the sample consisting of academicians. The collected data were analyzed with the structural equation model. According to the results of the analysis, it has been determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between person-organization fit, work flow experience and job satisfaction, and that work flow experience has a mediating role in the relationship between person-organization fit and job satisfaction. The study is important in that it is the first study to consider these variables as a whole.

Keywords

Person-Organization Fit, Work Flow Experience, Job Satistafaction

BİREY-ÖRGÜT UYUMUNUN İŞ TATMİNİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ: İŞ AKIŞ DENEYİMİNİN ARACI ROLÜ

Abstract

Akış, insanların bir aktiviteye kendilerini kaptırdığı ve zaman kavramını tamamen kaybettiği bir durumdur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, birey-örgüt uyumu, iş akış deneyimi ve iş tatmini arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Çalışmada aynı zamanda birey-örgüt uyumunun iş tatmini üzerindeki etkisinde iş akış deneyiminin aracı rolü olup olmadığı da incelenmiştir. Araştırma örneklemini Antalya ilinde görev yapan 205 akademisyen oluşturmaktadır. Değişkenler arası ilişkiler dört hipotez ile test edilmiş olup hipotezleri test etmek için ankete dayalı bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Akademisyenlerden oluşan örneklemin analizinde SPSS ve AMOS istatistiksel paket programları kullanılmıştır. Toplanan veriler yapısal eşitlik modeli ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre birey-örgüt uyumu, iş akış deneyimi ve iş tatmini arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu ve iş akış deneyiminin birey-örgüt uyumu ile iş tatmini arasındaki ilişkide aracılık rolü olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Çalışma bu değişkenleri bir bütün olarak ele alan ilk çalışma olması açısından önemlidir.

Keywords

Birey-Örgüt Uyumu, İş Akış Deneyimi, İş Tatmini

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