Relationship between Manager Functionality and Perceived Organizational Support in Employees’ Organizational Socialization: Social Learning Theory Perspective

Abstract

In today's work environments, managers exhibit various functional behaviors towards their employees. These functional behaviors may have an impact on the organizational socialization and perceived organizational support of the employees. In the literature, the variable of manager functionality has been studied quite limitedly, and no research has been found in which the concepts of organizational socialization of employees and perceived organizational support are used together. Since the research was carried out on employees of different professions, the researches carried out in different fields previously related to the subject were the sources of the study. In the results of the research, it was observed that executive functionality had a positive and significant effect on the organizational socialization of employees. In the study, it was concluded that executive functionality has a positive and significant effect on the perceived organizational support of employees. Besides, it was found that the perceived organizational support of employees had positive and significant effects on organizational socialization. As a result, the organizational support perceived by employees had a full mediating effect on the effect of executive functionality on the organizational socialization of employees. The results reveal that managers and employees can be investigated behaviorally in social learning theory.

Keywords

• Social Learning Theory
• Organizational Socialization of Employees
• Executive Functionality
• Perceived Organizational Support

Çalışanların Örgütsel Sosyalleşmesinde Yönetici İşlevselliği ve Algılanan Örgütsel Destek İlişkisi: Sosyal Öğrenme Kuramı Perspektifi

Abstract

Günümüz çalışma ortamlarında yöneticiler çalışanlarına yönelik çeşitli işlevsel davranışlar sergilemektedir. Bu işlevsel davranışlar çalışanların örgütsel sosyalleşmeleri ve algıladıkları örgütsel destek üzerinde etkili olabilir. Literatürde yönetici işlevselliği değişkeni oldukça sınırlı araştırılmış olup çalışanların örgütsel sosyalleşmesi ve algılanan örgütsel destek kavramlarının birlikte kullanıldığı herhangi bir araştırmaya rastlanılmamıştır. Araştırma farklı mesleklerde çalışanlar üzerinde gerçekleştirildiği için konu ile ilgili daha evvel farklı alanlarda gerçekleştirilen araştırmalar çalışmaya kaynaklık etmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarında yönetici işlevselliğinin çalışanların örgütsel sosyalleşmesi üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkisi olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Araştırmada yönetici işlevselliğinin çalışanların algıladıkları örgütsel destek üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkisi olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmada ayrıca çalışanların algıladıkları örgütsel desteğin örgütsel sosyalleşmeleri üzerinde yine pozitif ve anlamlı etkilerinin olduğu ortaya koyulmuştur. Sonuç olarak yönetici işlevselliğinin çalışanların örgütsel sosyalleşmeleri üzerindeki etkisinde çalışanların algıladığı örgütsel destek tam aracı etkiye sahip olmuştur. Sonuçlar sosyal öğrenme kuramında, yönetici ve çalışanların davranışsal açıdan araştırılabileceğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• Sosyal Öğrenme Kuramı
• Çalışanların Örgütsel Sosyalleşmesi
• Yönetici İşlevselliği
• Algılanan Örgütsel Destek

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