AI-Supported Analysis of the Relationship Between Diversity Climate and Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Psychological Well-Being and Education Level

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 4, 524 - 544, 27.12.2025

Gamze Güner Kibaroğlu , Esra Aydın

https://doi.org/10.54733/smar.1740112

Öz

This study aims to investigate the impact of diversity climate on innovative work behavior and the moderating effects of psychological well-being and education level by using an AI-supported analytical framework. By integrating AI into the research methodology, this study also aims to advance analytical approaches in organizational behavior literature. Data were collected from 317 participants through convenience sampling. To analyze the data, structural equation modelling (SEM) and AI-supported modelling were utilized. The results indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between diversity climate and innovative work behavior. In addition, psychological well-being had a significant moderator role, strengthening this relationship. Although education level did not significantly moderate the direct relationship between diversity climate and innovative work behavior, it had an indirect moderating role through its interaction with psychological well-being. AI-based analyses supported these results, offering an alternative perspective to the organizational behavior literature and insights for managing these factors together.

Anahtar Kelimeler

artificial intelligence (AI) , human resource management , socio-technical systems theory , diversity climate , innovative work behavior , psychological well-being , education level

Çeşitlilik İklimi ile Yenilikçi İş Davranışı Arasındaki İlişkinin Yapay Zeka Destekli Analizi: Psikolojik İyi Oluş ve Eğitim Düzeyinin Rolü

Öz

Bu çalışma, çeşitlilik ikliminin yenilikçi iş davranışı üzerindeki etkisini ve psikolojik iyi oluş ile eğitim düzeyinin bu ilişkideki düzenleyici rollerini, yapay zekâ destekli bir analitik çerçeve kullanarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma yöntemine yapay zekânın entegre edilmesiyle, örgütsel davranış literatüründe ileri düzey analitik yaklaşımlar alanına katkı sağlanması da hedeflenmiştir. Veriler, kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 317 katılımcıdan toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde yapısal eşitlik modellemesi (SEM) ve yapay zekâ destekli modelleme yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, çeşitlilik iklimi ile yenilikçi iş davranışı arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, psikolojik iyi oluş bu ilişkiyi güçlendirerek anlamlı bir düzenleyici rol oynamıştır. Eğitim düzeyi ise çeşitlilik iklimi ile yenilikçi iş davranışı arasındaki doğrudan ilişkiyi anlamlı şekilde düzenlemese de, psikolojik iyi oluşla etkileşimi yoluyla dolaylı bir düzenleyici role sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Yapay zekâ temelli analizler elde edilen bulguları destekleyerek örgütsel davranış literatürüne alternatif bir bakış açısı sunmakta ve söz konusu faktörlerin birlikte yönetilmesine ilişkin çıkarımlar yapılmasını sağlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

yapay zeka (YZ) , insan kaynakları yönetimi , sosyo-teknik sistem teorisi , çeşitlilik iklimi , yenilikçi çalışma davranışı , psikolojik iyi oluş , eğitim düzeyi

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