Sanallığın Çalışan Performansı ve Bağlılığı Üzerindeki Etkileri: Bir Araştırma

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 113 - 128, 06.12.2017

Zeynep Baysal Barış Baraz

Abstract

            Modern
iş dünyasında, teknolojik gelişmelerin ve küreselleşmenin de etkisiyle örgütler
karşılaştıkları yeni fırsatları değerlendirmek ve önlerine çıkan zorlukların
üstesinden gelebilmek için değişimlere ayak uydurmak zorundadırlar. Sanallık ve
sanal örgüt kavramları da bu değişimler sonucunda ortaya çıkan kavramlardandır.
Beyaz yakalı çalışanların tamamı belirli bir düzeyde sanallığa sahiptir ve
örgütlerin sanallaşma yolunda hızlı adımlarla ilerlemesi bu konunun önemli bir
araştırma alanı haline gelmesini sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, örgütlerin
algılanan sanallık düzeyi ile çalışanların psiko-sosyal performansları ve
örgütsel bağlılıkları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Çalışmanın sonucunda
sanallık düzeyi ile psiko-sosyal performans arasında pozitif bir ilişkiye
rastlanırken, örgütsel bağlılık ile anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmamıştır. Ayrıca
bir diğer destekleyici ölçek sonuçlarına göre de sanal çalışanların
durumlarından memnun oldukları ve bu düzende devam etmek istedikleri sonucuna
ulaşılmıştır. 

Keywords

Sanallık, Sanal Örgütler, Psiko-Sosyal Performans, Örgütsel Bağlılık

Effects of VIrtualIty on Employee Performance and CommItment: A Research

Abstract

In the modern business world, due to the impact of technological advancements and globalisation,
organisations are obliged to keep up with the change in order to seize new opportunities they encounter
and overcome the obstacles in their way. Concepts of virtuality and virtual organisations are among
these concepts which surfaced as a result of these changes. All white-collar employees have a certain
degree of virtuality and the fact that organisations are taking rapid steps towards virtualisation makes
this topic a significant field of research. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the
perceived degree of virtuality of organisations and the psycho-social performance and organisational
commitment of employees. As a result, while a positive significant relationship was found between
the degree of virtuality and psycho-social performance, while there was no relationship identified
with organisational commitment. Moreover, according to a sub-scale about employees’ individual
propensity for virtuality, it was pointed out that virtual workers are happy with their conditions and are
willing to continue to work the same way.

Keywords

Virtuality, Virtual Organisations, Psycho-social Performance, organsational commitment

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