Assessment of Adult Attachment Style in Organizational Perspective

Abstract

The foundations of attachment theory were first established by John Bowbly. Following Bowbly, Ainsworth (1978), Hazan and Shaver (1987) also contributed to studies on attachment. Bartholomew and Horowitz (1991) took attachment theory a step further by applying it to adulthood and conducted a number of researches on adult attachment theory. Adult attachment theory describes how the developing relationship between mother and baby can be applied to all aspects of life. However, attachment theory was first introduced into the business life by Hazan and Shaver (1990). Hazan and Shaver emphasized the influences of attachment styles on business life and revealed the differences in business life of individuals who experience secure and insecure attachment. In this research, it was aimed to evaluate the adult attachment style with regard to an organizational perspective and the general framework of the adult attachment style, which has recently attracted attention in the field of organizational behaviour, has been drawn. Systematic literature review method was used in the study. In addition, findings related to the literature on adult attachment are presented. This paper also reveals the relationship between adult attachment styles of employees and issues such as job satisfaction, satisfaction level, intention to quit, job burnout, organizational commitment. Finally, it was explicitly dealt with that the managers can be effective on employees by using adult attachment styles.

Keywords

• Adult Attachment Styles
• organization
• management

Yetişkin Bağlanma Stilinin Örgütsel Açıdan Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Bağlanma kuramı temelleri Bowbly tarafından oluşturulmuştur. Bowbly'ın ardından Ainsworth (1978), Hazan ve Shaver (1987) da bağlanma ile ilgili çalışmalara katkı sağlamıştır. Bartholomew ve Horowitz (1990; 1991) ise bağlanma teorisini yetişkinliğe uygulayarak bir adım daha ileri götürmüş ve yetişkin bağlanma teorisi üzerine bir dizi araştırma yürütmüştür. Yetişkin bağlanma kuramı; anne ve bebek arasındaki ilişkinin sonraki süreçlerde hayatın bütün evresine yansıması şeklinde ifade edilmektedir. Fakat bağlanma teorisini iş yaşamına taşıyan ilk isim Hazan ve Shaver (1990)'dır. Hazan ve Shaver, bağlanma stillerinin çalışma hayatına yansımaları üzerinde durmuştur. Güvenli ve güvensiz bağlanma yaşayan bireylerin iş hayatındaki farklılarını ortaya koymuştur. Bu çalışmayla yetişkin bağlanma stilinin örgütsel açıdan değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır ve son dönemlerde örgütsel davranış alanında dikkatleri üzerine çeken yetişkin bağlanma stilinin genel çerçevesi çizilmiştir. Araştırmada sistematik literatür taraması yönteminden faydalanılmıştır. Ayrıca yetişkin bağlanmasını konu edinen alan yazına ilişkin bulgular sunulmuştur. Çalışanların yetişkin bağlanma stilleri ile iş doyumu, memnuniyet düzeyi, işten ayrılma niyeti, tükenmişlik, örgütsel bağlılık gibi konularla olan ilişkisine yer verilmiştir. Çalışma sonunda, yöneticilerin yetişkin bağlanma stillerini kullanarak çalışanlar üzerinde etkili olabileceğine değinilmiştir.

Keywords

• Yetişkin bağlanma stilleri
• örgüt
• yönetim

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