TY  - JOUR
T1  - Muhasebe Mesleği Mensuplarında Empati ve Boş Zaman Tatmininin Genel İyi Oluş Üzerindeki Etkisinin Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi ile İncelenmesi: İzmir Örneği
TT  - Investigation of the Effect of Empathy and Leisure Satisfaction on General Well-Being in Accounting Professionals with Structural Equation Modeling: The Case of Izmir
AU  - Aksu, Hasan Suat
AU  - Büyükipekci, Semih
AU  - Kaynak, İ. Hakkı
PY  - 2025
DA  - September
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.53025/sportive.1722948
JF  - Sportive
JO  - SPORTIVE
PB  - Ahmet UZUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2667-632X
SP  - 145
EP  - 167
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
LA  - tr
AB  - Bu araştırma, muhasebe mesleği mensuplarının psikolojik iyi oluş düzeylerinde empati ve boş zaman tatmininin hem doğrudan hem de dolaylı etkilerini çok değişkenli bir model çerçevesinde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, Türkiye’nin batısında yer alan İzmir ilinde aktif olarak çalışan 546 serbest muhasebeci mali müşavir ve bağımsız denetçiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Katılımcılara, kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle yüz yüze anket uygulanmıştır. Veriler, çok değişkenli analiz sürecinde önce doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) ile test edilerek yapı geçerliği değerlendirilmiş, ardından yapısal eşitlik modellemesi (SEM) ile değişkenler arası ilişkiler analiz edilmiştir. Modeldeki dolaylı etkiler bootstrap yöntemiyle test edilmiş; doğrudan, dolaylı ve toplam etkiler %95 güven aralığı ile raporlanmıştır. Cinsiyet ve haftalık boş zaman süresi kontrol değişkeni olarak modele dahil edilmiştir. Tüm analizler R programı kullanılarak yürütülmüştür. Bulgular, empati düzeyinin psikolojik iyi oluşu hem doğrudan hem de boş zaman tatmini aracılığıyla dolaylı olarak anlamlı biçimde yordadığını göstermektedir. Ek olarak boş zaman tatmini ise iyi oluşun pozitif bir yordayıcısı olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma, iş-yaşam dengesi politikalarında duygusal ve davranışsal faktörlerin birlikte ele alınmasının önemini vurgulamaktadır. Kuramsal olarak ise model, psikolojik iyi oluşu açıklamada özgün bir bütüncül yapı önererek literatüre katkı sunmaktadır.
KW  - Rekreasyon
KW  - Boş zaman
KW  - Empati
KW  - İyi oluş
KW  - Yapısal eşitlik modeli
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.53025/sportive.1722948
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4973408
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