HOW WE MANAGE TO DIVERSITY: DIVERSITY CLIMATE EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 38 - 55, 31.01.2023

Gamze Güner Kibaroğlu

https://doi.org/10.33723/rs.1211934

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study was examined in order to manage diversity by revealing the effect of a diversity climate on job satisfaction. The study was conducted with female participants working as blue-collar workers. In this context, 392 blue-collar female employees were reached. According to the results of the study, diversity climate has a significant effect on job satisfaction in the same direction. To put it more clearly, job satisfaction will increase with the increase in the diversity climate level of blue-collar women. In other words, job satisfaction levels will increase when blue-collar employees are treated more fairly by their companies, have a friendly working environment, and respect the opinions of the company regardless of race, language or religion. According to these results of the study, suggestions were presented to practitioners and academicians. In addition, within the scope of the study, the diversity climate scale was adapted into Turkish. In this implementation study, the cultural compatibility of the scale was analyzed with construct validity and concurrent validity according to scale variance structure and covariance relations. For reliability, internal consistency tests of the questions were made, and the education difference of the scale was calculated. As a result of all analyzes, sufficient evidence has been obtained that the scale is valid and reliable.

Keywords

Diversity Management, Diversity Climate, Job Satisfaction, Scale Adaptation

Çeşitliliği Nasıl Yönetiriz: Çeşitlilik İkliminin İş Tatminine Etkisi.

Abstract

Bu çalışma çeşitlilik ikliminin iş tatmine etkisini ortaya çıkararak çeşitliliğin yönetilmesi amacıyla incelenmiştir. Çalışma mavi yaka olarak çalışan kadın katılımcılarla yürütülmüştür. Bu kapsamda 392 mavi yaka kadın çalışana ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, çeşitlilik iklimin iş tatmine aynı yönde anlamlı etkisi bulunmaktadır. Daha açık bir ifadeyle, mavi yaka olarak çalışan kadınların çeşitlilik iklim seviyesinin yükselmesi ile iş tatmini yükselecektir. Yani mavi yaka çalışanlar şirketlerinin kendileri daha adil davrandıklarına, dostça bir çalışma ortamı olduğuna, şirketin ırkı, dili, dini ne olursa olsun görüşlerine saygı duyduğunda iş tatmini seviyeleri artacaktır. Çalışmanın bu sonuçlarına göre uygulamacılara ve akademisyenlere öneriler sunulmuştur. Ayrıca çalışma kapsamında çeşitlilik iklimi ölçeğinin Türkçeye uyarlaması yapılmıştır. Yapılan bu uyarlama çalışmasında ölçeğin kültüre uygunluğu ölçek varyans yapısı ve kovaryans ilişkilerine göre yapı geçerliliği ve eş zaman geçerliliği ile analiz edilmiştir. Güvenilirlik için soruların iç tutarlılık testleri yapılmış ayrıca ölçeğin eğitim açısından farksızlığı hesaplanmıştır. Yapılan tüm analizler sonucunda ölçeğin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğuna ilişkin yeterli kanıtlara ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

İş Tatmini, Ölçek Uyarlama, Çeşitlilik Yönetimi, Çeşitlilik İklimi

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