Yapılan İşin Anlamlılığı ve İşe Tutkunluk İlişkisi: Akademisyenler Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Bu çalışmada, yapılan işin anlamlılığının işe tutkunluk üzerindeki etkisinde iş tatmini ile iş merkezliliğin aracılık rolü incelenmiştir. Saha araştırması, bir devlet üniversitesinde görev yapmakta olan 291 akademisyen üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Her ne kadar akademisyenlik, genç nesillerin yetiştirilmesini ve bilimsel faaliyetleri içermesi sebebiyle pek çok insan nezdinde anlamlı bir iş olarak nitelendirilse de her insanın yaşamda farklı önceliklere, beklentilere, amaç ve hayallere sahip olabileceği; dolayısıyla da tüm akademisyenlerin yaptıkları işi anlamlı bulmayabileceği söylenebilir. Akademisyenliğin, mesleği icra edenler nezdinde ne düzeyde anlamlı bulunduğu, eğitim-öğretim ve bilimsel faaliyetlerin kalitesini de doğrudan etkileyeceğinden saha araştırmasının söz konusu meslek grubu üzerinde incelenmesinin önemli olduğu düşünülebilir. Yapılan saha araştırması sonucunda, akademisyenlerin yaptıkları işi kısmen anlamlı buldukları ve yaptıkları işi anlamlı bulma düzeyleri arttıkça da hem iş tatminlerinin arttığı hem de işlerini daha fazla yaşamlarının merkezine koydukları tespit edilmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra; iş tatmini ve iş merkezliliğin (bir diğer ifadeyle, işin bireyin yaşamındaki merkezi rolünün) yapılan işin anlamlılığı ve işe tutkunluk ilişkisinde aracılık etkisine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Meaningful Work and Work Engagement Relationship: A Research on Academics

In this study, it is aimed to determine the mediating role of work centrality and job satisfaction on meaningful work-work engagement relationship. The field study was conducted on 291 academicians working in a state university. Although academic profession is thought as a meaningful job involving scientific activities and raising younger generations, it can not be said that all the academicians find their jobs as meaningful because every person are different from each other in terms of their priorities, goals, values and aims in their lives. Since the degree of meaning academicians find in their jobs may affect the quality of educational and scientific activities, it can be said that conducting the field research on academicians is important. Research results have demonstrated that participants find their jobs partially meaningful; and meaningful work has a positive impact on work centrality, job satisfaction and work engagement. Moreover, it was determined that both job satisfaction and work centrality have a mediating effect on the relationship of meaningful work and work engagement.

Keywords:

Meaningful work, work centrality, job satisfaction work engagement,

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