Examining the Relationship between Academic Mobbing and Meaningful Work in Universities / Üniversitelerdeki Akademik Mobbing ile İşin Anlamlılığı Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Öz

This study aimed to examine the relationship between academic mobbing and meaningful work according to the views of academics. The research sample of the study consists of 489 academicians working at various state universities in Turkey. Research data were collected through e-mail using academic mobbing and meaningful work scales. The t-test was used for pairwise comparisons between variables. One-way ANOVA was preferred in triple or more comparisons. Pearson correlation test was used to reveal the relationship between academic mobbing and meaningful work. Also, regression analysis was used to determine whether academic mobbing predicts meaningful work. According to the results of the research, while the academics found their professions to be moderately-high-level meaningful, they stated that they perceived academic mobbing at a medium-low level. It was observed that there were differences in the high motivation dimension of the meaningful work according to the gender variable and that there were differences between the views of male and female academicians in all dimensions of academic mobbing, except for the dimension of attacks on social relations. According to the gender variable, it was observed that there were differences between the opinions of female and male academics in the high motivation dimension of meaningful work and in all dimensions of academic mobbing except the dimension of attacks on social relations. According to the title variable, it was found that academicians with a high title in all dimensions, except for high motivation, found their works more meaningful. Still, the perception of academic mobbing did not differ according to the title. In addition, it was found that there is a significant and negative relationship between academic mobbing and meaningful work. What is more, academic mobbing was found to predict meaningful work. Based on these results, some suggestions have been made for practitioners and researchers conducting similar studies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Academic Mobbing
• Academician
• Meaningful Work
• University

Üniversitelerdeki Akademik Mobbing ile İşin Anlamlılığı Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi / Examining the Relationship between Academic Mobbing and Meaningful Work in Universities

Öz

Bu araştırmada, akademisyenlerin görüşlerine göre akademik mobbing ile işin anlamlılığı arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye’deki çeşitli devlet üniversitelerinde çalışan 489 akademisyen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri mobbing ölçeği ve işin anlamlılığı ölçeği kullanılarak e-posta yoluyla toplanmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ikili karşılaştırmalarda t-testi, üçlü ve daha fazla karşılaştırmalarda tek yönlü varyans analizi, akademik mobbing ile işin anlamlılığı arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymada Pearson korelasyon testi ve akademik mobbingin işin anlamlılığını yordayıp yordamadığının tespiti için regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, akademisyenler işlerini orta-yüksek düzeyde anlamlı bulurlarken, akademik mobbingi orta-düşük seviyede algıladıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Cinsiyet değişkenine göre işin anlamlılığının yüksek motivasyon boyutunda, akademik mobbingin ise sosyal ilişkilere yönelik saldırılar boyutu hariç tüm boyutlarında kadın ve erkek akademisyenlerin görüşleri arasında farklılıklar olduğu görülmüştür. Akademisyenlerin yaşlarına göre işin kattığı anlam, işin anlamı (toplam) ve mesleki duruma yönelik saldırılar boyutlarında görece yaşlı akademisyenlerin işlerini daha anlamlı buldukları ve akademik mobbingi daha az hissettikleri belirlenmiştir. Unvan değişkenine göre işin anlamlılığının yüksek motivasyon hariç tüm boyutlarında unvanı yüksek olan akademisyenlerin işlerini daha anlamlı buldukları, buna karşın akademik mobbing algısının unvana göre farklılaşmadığı bulgulanmıştır. Ayrıca, akademik mobbing ile işin anlamlılığı arasında anlamlı ve negatif yönde bir ilişki ile akademik mobbingin işin anlamlılığını yordadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuçlar referans alınarak hem uygulayıcılara hem de benzer çalışmalar yürütecek araştırmacılara yönelik bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Akademik Mobbing
• Akademisyen
• İşin Anlamlılığı
• Üniversite

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