Mixing Love with Work: Do Perceptions of Workplace Romance of Employees Affect Their Attitudes Towards Job?

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 95 - 111, 25.09.2023

Ozan Büyükyılmaz , Maysoon Jehad Said Shehadeh

https://doi.org/10.29064/ijma.1245064

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The study focuses on workplace romance in organizations and the consequences of workplace romance as perceived by employees. The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of workplace romance on employees' job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance. The data used in the study were obtained through a questionnaire from 581 employees working in different organizations in Jordan. The effect of workplace romance on job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance was evaluated using multiple regression analyses. As a result of the study, it was found that employees’ positive perception of workplace romance has a positive effect on both job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance.

Keywords

Workplace Romance, Romantic Relationships in Organizations, Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement, Job Performance

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Aşk ile İşi Karıştırmak: Çalışanların İşyeri Romantizmine İlişkin Algıları İşe Yönelik Tutumlarını Etkiler mi?

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Bu çalışma, örgütlerde deneyimlenen işyeri romantizmine ve çalışanların işyeri romantizmi algısının örgütsel sonuçlarına odaklanmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, işyeri romantizminin çalışanların iş tatmini, işe bağlılık ve iş performansı üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Çalışmada kullanılan veriler, Ürdün'de farklı kuruluşlarda çalışan 581 işgörenden anket yoluyla elde edilmiştir. İşyeri romantizminin iş tatmini, işe bağlılık ve iş performansı üzerindeki etkisi çoklu regresyon analizi ile test edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, çalışanların işyeri romantizmine yönelik olumlu algılarının hem iş tatmini, hem işe bağlılık hem de iş performansı üzerinde olumlu etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

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İşyeri Romantizmi, Örgütlerde Romantik İlişkiler, İş Tatmini, İşe Bağlılık, İş Performansı

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