FAVORISM, BURNOUT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON NURSES

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 20 Sayı: 64, 486 - 504, 27.07.2025

Aysun Doğan

https://doi.org/10.14783/maruoneri.1676033

Öz

The increasing demand for health services day by day causes nurses, who play an important role in health service delivery, to increase their workload and experience burnout. At this point, it is important to determine the factors that increase and decrease the burnout levels of nurses. In this study, it was aimed to determine the levels of burnout, psychological capital and workplace favoritism of nurses and to reveal the relationship between these variables. In this context, the sample of the study consisted of 266 nurses working in public and private health institutions in different provinces of Turkey. The data were collected by online survey method. The questionnaire included questions about demographic information, burnout scale, psychological capital scale and workplace favoritism scale. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using descriptive, comparative and correlation tests in SPSS package program. As a result of the research analysis, it was determined that the burnout and psychological capital levels of the nurses were high and their favoritism levels were above average. It was determined that the mean score of workplace favoritism was higher in public health institutions. When the relationships between variables were examined, it was concluded that there was a positive relationship between favoritism and burnout and a negative relationship with psychological capital.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Favoritism , Burnout , Psychological capital , Nurses

İŞ YERİ KAYIRMACILIĞI, TÜKENMİŞLİK ve PSİKOLOJİK SERMAYE: HEMŞİRELER ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Öz

Sağlık hizmetlerine olan talebin her geçen gün artması sağlık hizmet sunumunda önemli rol oynayan hemşirelerin görev yüklerinin artmasına ve tükenmişlik yaşamalarına neden olmaktadır. Bu noktada hemşirelerin tükenmişlik düzeylerini arttırıcı ve azaltıcı faktörlerin belirlenmesi önem kazanmaktadır. Bu araştırmada hemşirelerin tükenmişlik, psikolojik sermaye ve iş yeri kayırmacılığı düzeylerini belirleyerek bu değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye’nin farklı illerinde kamu ve özel sağlık kuruluşlarında görev yapan 266 hemşire oluşturmuştur. Veriler çevrimiçi ortamda anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Anket formunda demografik bilgilere yönelik sorular, tükenmişlik ölçeği, psikolojik sermaye ölçeği ve iş yeri kayırmacılık ölçeği yer almıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler SPSS paket programında tanımlayıcı, karşılaştırıcı ve korelasyon testleri kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma analizler sonucunda hemşirelerin tükenmişlik ve psikolojik sermaye düzeylerinin yüksek, kayırmacılık düzeylerinin ise ortanın üzerinde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Kamu sağlık kuruluşlarında iş yeri kayırmacılığı puan ortalamasının daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Değişkenler arası ilişkiler incelendiğinde kayırmacılık ile tükenmişlik arasında pozitif, psikolojik sermaye ile negatif yönlü ilişki olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İş yeri kayırmacılığı , Tükenmişlik , Psikolojik sermaye , Hemşireler

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