İş Stresinden Sosyal Kaytarmaya: İşin Araçsallığı Çalışanların Her İki Olguya İlişkin Algılarını Daha da Artırabilir mi?

Year 2025, Volume: 33 Issue: 66, 307 - 324

Osman Seray Özkan , Burcu Üzüm , Leyla Şenol , Müjde Aksoy

Abstract

Çalışanların ekonomik eşitsizliğe ilişkin algılarının örgütsel davranış üzerindeki etkileri literatürde yeterince incelenmemiştir. Bu makalede, ekonomik eşitsizliğin örgütsel davranış üzerinde etkileri araştırılmaktadır. Kaynakları koruma teorisinden yararlanarak bu araştırmada, işin araçsallığının çalışanların sosyal kaytarmasını nasıl etkilediğini araştırıyoruz. Kocaeli’ndeki (Türkiye) üç ila beş yıldızlı otellerde çalışan 204 çalışandan, kolayda örnekleme yöntemini kullanılarak araştırma verilerini topladık. Yapısal eşitlik modellemesi, işin araçsallığının iş stresini artırdığını ve iş stresinin de sosyal kaytarma yol açtığını ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca iş stresi, işin araçsallığı ile sosyal kaytarma arasındaki ilişkide aracı rol oynamıştır. Bulgular, çalışanların işi yalnızca kazanç aracı olarak görmelerinin iş stresini artırdığını ve bunun da sosyal kaytarmayı tetiklediğini göstermektedir. Bu süreç, bireysel performansı ve takım verimliliğini olumsuz etkileyebilir. Dolayısıyla, organizasyonların çalışanların işe yükledikleri anlamı zenginleştirecek ve çeşitlendirecek stratejiler geliştirmeleri önem taşımaktadır. Bu makale, işin araçsallığının konaklama sektöründe iş stresi aracılığıyla sosyal kaytarmayı dolaylı olarak nasıl etkilediğini göstererek işin araçsallığı anlayışımızı geliştirmektedir.

Keywords

İşin Araçsallığı , İş Stresi , Sosyal Kaytarma , Otel Çalışanları

From Job Stress to Social Loafing: Can Job Instrumentality Exacerbate Employees’ Perceptions of Both Phenomena?

Abstract

The literature has not sufficiently examined the effects of employees’ perceptions of economic inequality on organisational behaviour. This paper investigates the impact of economic inequality on organisational behaviour. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we explore how job instrumentality influences employee social loafing in this study. We collected research data using a convenience sampling from 204 employees working in three- to five-star hotels in Kocaeli (Türkiye). Structural equation modelling revealed that job instrumentality increases job stress and leads to social loafing. Furthermore, job stress played a mediating role in the relationship between job instrumentality and social loafing. Findings show that employees’ perception of work solely as a means to gain profit increases job stress, which fuels social loafing. This process can negatively impact individual performance and team effectiveness. Therefore, organisations must develop strategies that enrich and diversify the meaning employees ascribe to work. This paper improves our understanding of job instrumentality by showing how job instrumentality indirectly affects social loafing through job stress in the hospitality industry.

Keywords

Job Instrumentality , Job Stress , Social Loafing , Hotel Employees

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