A RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP AND WORKAHOLISM

Year 2016, Volume: 21 Issue: 4, 1433 - 1448, 30.10.2016

Deniz Dirik İnan Eryılmaz

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the causal relationship between psychological ownership and employee workaholism behavior. The expected benefit from this study will be to demonstrate that workaholism as a cognitive-behavioral construct could be accounted for by psychological ownership feelings targeted towards one’s work. The cultural context of Turkish organizational setting is assumed to considerably contribute to the development of overt psychological ownership feelings towards one’s job. The distinct correlations among workaholism and psychological ownership subscales are investigated with a view to exploring managerial implications of those relationships on a sample of teachers. To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to analyze the aforementioned relationship in light of the theoretical discussions and recommendations. According to the results of our analyses, there are significant correlations between work perfectionism and territoriality, work addiction and accountability, as well as between unpleasantness and territoriality. Unpleasantness and work perfectionism are significantly predicted by territoriality psychological ownership.

Keywords

Workaholism, Psychological Ownership, Prevention-Promotion, Turkey, Teachers

PSİKOLOJİK SAHİPLENME VE İŞKOLİKLİK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİYE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, çalışanların psikolojik sahiplenme tutumları ile işkoliklik davranışları arasındaki nedensel ilişkileri ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmanın, bilişsel-davranışsal bir yapı olarak işkolikliğin, kişinin işine yönelttiği psikolojik sahiplenme tutumu ile açıklanabileceğini ampirik olarak kanıtlaması gerekçesiyle literature katkıda bulunması beklenmektedir. Türkiye’deki örgütsel-kültürel bağlamın işe yönelik psikolojik sahiplenme tutumunun gelişmesine büyük ölçüde katkıda bulunacağı varsayımı altında, işkoliklik ve psikolojik saihplenme alt boyutları arasındaki farklılaşan ilişkiler, öğretmenlerden oluşan bir örneklem üzerinde ve yönetsel çıkarımlar perspektifinden araştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın bulgularına göre iş mükemmeliyetçiliği ve bölgecilik arasında, işe bağımlılık ve hesap verebilirlik arasında ve son olarak memnuniyetsizlik ile bölgecilik arasında anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Bölgecilik temelli psikolojik sahiplenmenin, memnuniyetsizlik ve iş mükemmeliyetçiliği türü işkoliklik davranışlarının yordayıcısı olduğu bulgulanmıştır.

Keywords

İşkoliklik, Psikolojik Sahiplenme, Türkiye, Kaçınmacı-Yönelimci, Öğretmenler

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