The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety in the Relationship Between Workplace Envy and Malicious Creativity

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 408 - 422

Gamze Özcan , Ergün Kara

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine whether psychological safety has a mediating role in the relationship between workplace jealousy and malevolent creativity. To this end, a survey was administered to a total of 470 employees working in the private sector in the province of Hatay. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess the model fit of the variables, while correlation, regression, mediation analysis, and finally path analysis were performed to examine the magnitude and direction of the relationships among the variables. The research hypotheses were tested using Structural Equation Modeling. The analyses revealed that workplace jealousy, as the independent variable, positively affects malevolent creativity; however, the hypothesis proposing that workplace jealousy would negatively affect psychological safety was not supported. Similarly, the proposition that psychological safety would negatively influence malevolent creativity was also not confirmed. In addition, the findings indicate that psychological safety has a partial mediating role in the relationship between workplace jealousy and malevolent creativity.

Keywords

Workplace Jealousy , Psychological Safety , Malevolent Creativity , Structural equation model

İş Yeri Kıskançlığı İle Kötü Niyetli Yaratıcılık İlişkisinde Psikolojik Güvenliğin Aracı Rolü

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, iş yeri kıskançlığı ve kötü niyetli yaratıcılık arasındaki ilişkide psikolojik güvenliğin aracılık rolünün olup olmadığının belirlenmesidir. Bu kapsamda araştırma için Hatay ilindeki özel sektörde çalışan toplam 470 katılımcı üzerinde anket uygulaması yapılmıştır. Araştırmadaki değişkenlerin model uyumunu belirlemek amacıyla doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, değişkenlerin arasındaki ilişkinin boyutunu ölçmek amacıyla korelasyon, regresyon, aracılık testi analizi ve son olarak yol analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın hipotezleri Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli kullanılarak test edilmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda bağımsız değişken olan işyeri kıskançlığının, kötü niyetli yaratıcılığı pozitif yönde etkilediği; psikolojik güvenliği ise negatif yönde etkileyeceğine yönelik hipotezin doğrulanmadığı görülmüştür. Aynı şekilde psikolojik güvenlik algısının da kötü niyetli yaratıcılığı negatif yönde etkileyeceği hipotezi doğrulanmamıştır. Ayrıca iş yeri kıskançlığı ile kötü niyetli yaratıcılık ilişkisinde psikolojik güvenliğin kısmi aracı rolü olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

İş Yeri Kıskançlığı , Psikolojik Güvenlik , Kötü Niyetli Yaratıcılık , Yapısal eşitlik modeli

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