Sürdürülebilir Havacılık: Psikolojik Anlamlılığın Çevre Yanlısı Davranışlar Üzerindeki Rolü

Year 2025, Volume: 16 Issue: 47, 940 - 958, 31.08.2025

Tugay Öney

https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.1561559

Abstract

Çevresel sürdürülebilirlik, bireylerin çevre yanlısı davranışlarının nasıl teşvik edilebileceğini anlama ve bu davranışlara etki eden faktörleri tahmin etmede modern işletmelerin olduğu kadar akademik araştırmalar için de inceleme konusudur. Havacılık ise, çevre ile ilgili politikaların etkin bir şekilde uygulandığı ve çalışanların çevresel konularla ilgili farkındalık ve bilgi seviyelerinin sürekli geliştirildiği modern ve dinamik sektörlerden biridir. Bu dinamiklik çerçevesinde çalışanların hem bireysel hem de örgütsel düzeyde değer ve anlam yüklemesi sürdürülebilirlik açısından oldukça önemlidir. Ancak, çevre yanlısı davranışların sürdürülebilirliği yönlendirmedeki temel rolünde, çalışanların psikolojik anlamlılık deneyimleri ile ilgili çalışmalar kısıtlı olup, havacılık sektörünün örnekleminde yapılacak yeni çalışmaların 2050 net sıfır karbon hedefine ulaşmada önemli role sahip olduğu değerlendirilmektedir. Buradan hareketle, araştırmanın amacı psikolojik anlamlılığın çalışanların çevre yanlısı davranışları üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, psikolojik anlamlılık ve görevle ilgili çevre yanlısı davranış ölçekleri kullanılarak 208 çalışandan anket tekniğiyle toplanan verinin nicel analizleri yapılmış ve araştırmanın hipotezleri test edilmiştir. İlgili analizler sonucunda, görevle ilgili çevre yanlısı davranışın açıklanmasında psikolojik anlamlılığın önemli bir etkisinin yanı sıra, psikolojik anlamlılık ile havacılık sektörü çalışanlarının eğitim durumu arasında anlamlı farklılık olduğu bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu sonuç ile çalışmanın literatüre ve havacılık sektörüne katkı sağlayacağı ve gelecekte araştırma yapacak olanlar için zemin oluşturacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Psikolojik Anlamlılık , Çevre Yanlısı Davranış , Havacılık Sektörü

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma için Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Etik Kurulundan 2023/499 sayılı 22.12.2023 tarihli etik kurul onayı alınmıştır.

Sustainable Aviation: The Role of Psychological Meaningfulness on Pro-Environmental Behavior

Abstract

Environmental sustainability is a subject of study for academic research as well as for modern businesses in understanding how to encourage pro-environmental behavior of individuals and predicting the factors that influence such behavior. Aviation is one of the modern and dynamic sectors where environmental policies are effectively implemented and employees' awareness and knowledge of environmental issues are continuously improved. Within the framework of this dynamism, it is very important for employees to attribute value and meaning at both individual and organizational levels in terms of sustainability. However, studies on the psychological meaningfulness experiences of employees in the fundamental role of pro-environmental behaviors in guiding sustainability are limited, and new studies to be conducted in the sample of the aviation sector are considered to have an important role in achieving the 2050 net zero carbon target. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to reveal the effect of psychological meaningfulness on the pro-environmental behavior of employees. In line with this purpose, quantitative analyses of the data collected from 208 employees through questionnaire technique using psychological meaningfulness and task-related pro-environmental behavior scales are conducted and the hypotheses of the research are tested. As a result of the related analyses, it is found that psychological meaningfulness has a significant effect on the explanation of task-related employee green behavior, as well as a significant difference between psychological meaningfulness and the educational status of aviation sector employees. With this result, it is thought that the study would contribute to the literature and the aviation sector and would form a basis for future research.

Keywords

Psychological Meaningfulness , Pro-Environmental Behavior , Aviation Sector

Ethical Statement

For this study the approval of ethical committee no 2023/499 dated 22.12.2023 was taken from the Ethical Committee, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University.

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