ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION IN RELATION TO ORGANIZATIONAL SILENCE AND PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG RADIOLOGY TECHNICIANS

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 1729 - 1743, 16.10.2023

Nuran Akyurt

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1288311

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the organizational commitment and job satisfaction in relation to organizational silence and perceived leadership behavior among radiology technicians. A total of 269 radiology technicians were included in this study. Participants completed the questionnaire form on study instruments including Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ), Instrumental Leadership Scale (ILS), and Organizational Silence Scale (OSS) to assess job satisfaction, organizational commitment, instrumental leadership and organizational silence, respectively. Organizational commitment scores were significantly higher in private vs. public sector employees (3.61(0.63) vs. 3.47(0.65), p<0.05). High job satisfaction was significantly predicted by the lower education (B:-1.67), higher instrumental leadership behavior (B:13.58), and lower organizational silence (B:-0.91), while high organizational commitment was significantly predicted by the high instrumental leadership behavior (B:0.20) and high job satisfaction (B:0.03). Our findings revealed job satisfaction and organizational commitment of radiology technicians to be at moderate levels and to be positively correlated with each other. The job satisfaction and instrumental leadership were the significant predictors of organizational commitment, emphasizing the role of job satisfaction as an antecedent rather than a consequence of organizational commitment. Instrumental leadership was the common predictor of both organizational commitment and job satisfaction, while organizational silence predicted poor job satisfaction among radiology technicians.

Keywords

Instrumental leadership, Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Organizational silence, Radiology technicians

Radyoloji Teknisyenlerinde Örgütsel Sessizlik ve Liderlik Tarzı Algısı Bağlamında Örgütsel Bağlılık ve İş Doyumu

Abstract

Bu çalışma radyoloji teknisyenlerinde örgütsel bağlılık ve iş doyumunun, örgütsel sessizlik ve liderlik tarzı algısı bağlamında incelenmesi amacı ile tasarlanmıştır. Toplam 269 radyoloji teknisyeni araştırmaya katılmıştır. Katılımcılar, sırasıyla; iş doyumu, örgütsel bağlılık, araçsal liderlik ve örgütsel sessizliğin değerlendirilmesine yönelik çalışma araçları olarak Minnesota İş Doyum Ölçeği (MİDÖ), Örgütsel Bağlılık Ölçeği (ÖBÖ), Araçsal Liderlik Ölçeği (ALÖ) ve Örgütsel Sessizlik Ölçeği (ÖSÖ)’ni içeren anket formunu doldurmuştur. Özel sektörde çalışan teknisyenlerde (3.61[0.63]) kamu sektöründe çalışanlara göre (3.47[0.65]) örgütsel bağlılık skorları anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Yüksek iş doyumunun belirleyici faktörleri düşük eğitim düzeyi (B: -1.67), yüksek araçsal liderlik algısı (B:13.58) ve düşük örgütsel sessizlik (B: -0.91) iken, örgütsel bağlılığın anlamlı belirleyicileri yüksek araçsal liderlik algısı (B:0.20) ve yüksek iş doyumu (B:0.03) olarak bulunmuştur. Bulgularımız, radyoloji teknisyenlerinde iş doyumu ve örgütsel bağlılığın orta düzeyde olup, birbirleri ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdiğini ortaya koymuştur. İş doyumu ve araçsal liderlik örgütsel bağlılığın anlamlı belirleyicileri olup, bu durum iş doyumunun örgütsel bağlılığın sonucundan ziyade sebebi olarak rol oynadığına işaret etmektedir. Araçsal liderlik algısı hem örgütsel bağlılık hem de iş doyumu için ortak bir belirleyici iken, örgütsel sessizlik radyoloji teknisyenlerinde düşük iş doyumunu belirleyen bir faktör olarak saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Araçsal liderlik, İş doyumu, Örgütsel bağlılık, Örgütsel sessizlik, Radyoloji teknisyenleri

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