The Relationship Between Empowerment And Burnout: A Field Study On Konya Industrial Area

Abstract

The present study focuses on the relationship between empowerment and burnout. It examines that whether or not empowerment affect burnout in a negative way. The data were collected through a questionnaire returned by the employees in nineteen seperate companies operating in different sectors in Konya Industrial Area, including the first five hundred and the second five hundred largest industrial establishments in Turkey. The results of Pearson correlations and regression analyses indicated that empowerment are significantly and negatively related to burnout.

Keywords

• Empowerment

Personel Güçlendirme ve Tükenmişlik İlişkisi: Konya Sanayi Bölgesi Üzerine Bir Uygulama

Öz

Çalışma, personel güçlenme ile tükenmişlik arasındaki ilişkiyi ele almaktadır. Personel güçlendirmenin, tükenmişliği negatif yönde etkileyip etkilemediğini incelemektedir. Veriler, Konya Sanayi Bölgesi'nde farklı sektörlerde faaliyet gösteren, içlerinde Türkiye'nin ilk beşyüz ve ikinci beşyüz büyük sanayi kuruluşu da bulunan ondokuz ayrı işletmenin çalışanları üzerinde yapılan bir anket çalışmasıyla elde edilmiştir. Pearson korelasyon analizi ve regresyon analizi sonuçları, personel güçlendirmenin, tükenme ile anlamlı ve negatif yönde ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Personel Güçlendirme,Tükenmi

Kaynakça

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