ETİKSEL DAVRANIŞLAR VE ETİKSEL İKLİMİN MOBBİNG ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: BİR ALAN ARAŞTIRMASI

Öz

Etik uygulamalar çalışma yaşamı için önemlidir. Mobbing olarak adlandırılan işyerlerinde psikolojik taciz son yıllarda çalışma yaşamında olumsuz etkileriyle önemli bir yer tutmuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, çalışanların iş yaşamında etiksel davranışlara üst yönetimin desteği, etiksel iklimin bencillik, iyilikseverlik, prensiplilik boyutları, etiksel davranış ve kariyer başarısı arasındaki ilişki gibi etiksel faktörlerin genel mobbing üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Aynı zamanda mobbingi azaltan etik uygulamalar ile ilgili öneriler sunmaktır. Yapılan alan çalışmasında, Türkiye genelinde faaliyet gösteren sulama birliklerindeki 158 çalışandan anket yardımıyla kurumlarındaki etiksel davranış, etiksel iklim ve mobbing algılarına ilişkin veriler toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin içerik analizi SPSS 16 programı ile yapılarak tablolar halinde sunumu yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular, etiksel iklim boyutlarından iyilikseverlik ve etiksel davranışla kariyer başarısı arasındaki ilişkinin mobbing üzerinde olumlu etkisi, bencilliğin olumsuz etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir. Buna karşın etiksel davranışlara üst yönetimin desteğinin ve etiksel iklimin diğer boyutu olan prensipliliğin genel mobbing üzerinde etkisi bulunmamıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• bencillik, iyilikseverlik, prensiplilik, kariyer başarısı, mobbing

IMPACT OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR AND ETHICAL CLIMATE ON MOBBING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Öz

Ethical practices are important for working life. Psychological harassment at workplace that is called as mobbing has an important place with the negative effects on working life in recent years. This study aims to determine the impact of top management support for ethical behaviour, ethical climate dimensions; egoistic, benevolent, and principled, and association ethical behaviour and career success on overall mobbing. At the same time, it is aimed to provide recommendations, based on ethical practices decreasing of mobbing. In this empirical study, the data on perceptions concerning ethical behaviour, ethical climate (egoistic, benevolence, and principled), and mobbing was gathered by means of a questionnaire from 158 participating employees working in different irrigation unions in Turkey. Data were subjected to analysis with SPSS 16.0 software and presented in tables. The findings showed that one dimension of ethical climate, benevolent and the association between ethical behaviour and career success have positive impact, egoistic have negative impact, on the other hand top management support for ethical behaviour and one another dimension of ethical climate, principled have no significant impact on overall mobbing.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ethic, egoistic, benevolence, principled, career success, mobbing

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