How Core Self Evaluations Effect Employee Performance? The Mediating Role of Job Engagement

Abstract

Understanding the variables that affect the performance of the employees and the relationships between these variables have the potential to contribute to the effective management of individual performance. In this study, the mediating role of job engagement was investigated in order to explain how the effect of core self evaluations on individual performance occurs. For this purpose, the research data was collected from 238 employees by questionnaire method and quantitative analyzes were performed. As a result of the analyzes, it was found that the positive core self evaluations of the individuals had a significant effect on their performance and this effect was partly mediated by job engagement. On the other hand, the effect of negative core self evaluations on performance was full mediated by job engagement. The findings of the study were discussed in the context of the literature.

Keywords

• ore self evaluations,Job engagement,Individual performance

Temel Benlik Değerlendirmesi Çalışanların Performansını Nasıl Etkiler? İşe Tutulmanın Aracılık Rolü

Öz

Çalışanların performansları üzerinde etkili olan değişkenlerin ve bunların birbirleri arasındaki ilişkilerin anlaşılması, bireysel performansın etkin biçimde yönetilmesine katkı sağlayabilme potansiyeli taşımaktadır.  Bu araştırmada çalışanların temel benlik değerlendirmesi algısının bireysel performansları üzerindeki etkisinin nasıl gerçekleştiğinin açıklanmasına yönelik olarak işe tutulma düzeylerinin aracılık rolü incelenmiştir.

Bu amaçla 238 çalışandan anket yöntemiyle kesitsel olarak veri toplanmış ve nicel analizler yapılmıştır. Analizler sonucunda elde edilen bulgular bireylerin olumlu benlik değerlendirmelerinin performansları üzerinde anlamlı etkisinin bulunduğunu ve işe tutulmanın bu etkiye kısmı olarak aracılık ettiğini, bununla birlikte olumsuz benlik değerlendirmesinin performans üzerindeki etkisinin ise tamamen işe tutulma aracılığıyla gerçekleştiğini göstermiştir. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular yazın bağlamında tartışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Temel benlik değerlendirmeleri,işe tutulma,bireysel performans

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