Exploring the Meaningful Work Level of Academics in terms of Different Variables

This study aimed to the meaningfulness of their work from their own perspective in relation to a set of variables.In this study descriptive survey design was used. In order to collect the data Meaningful Work Scale was developed and used. The participants of the study comprised of 385 academic staff members from three different publicuniversities. To analyze the data mean, standard deviation, frequency, and one-way ANOVA were used. The results revealed that participants find their work meaningful in terms of the work itself, sense of contribution, senseof self and sense of balance in the respective order. Opinions of academics differ according to academic title,discipline on sense of self and sense of contribution dimensions. Academics at the Faculty of Medicine find theirwork more meaningful when compared with education, economics and administrative sciences faculties academicians in relation to the sense of contribution dimension. The professors find their work relatively more meaningful than the assistant professors both in relation to the sense of self and sense of contribution dimensions. Inthe context of the relation of meaningful work on motivation and job satisfaction, manageable workload, worklife balance and mentoring programs, total reward-recognition system in higher education can be recommended.

Akademisyenlerin İşlerini Anlamlı Bulma Düzeyinin Çeşitli Değişkenlere Göre İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğretim üyelerinin işlerini anlamlı bulma düzeyi ve anlamlı bulma düzeyine ilişkin görüşlerinin unvan, fakülte ve üniversite değişkenleriyle ilişkisinin saptanmasıdır. Tarama türündeki çalışmada veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen Anlamlı İş Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemi üç kamu üniversitesinden 385 öğretim üyesi oluşmaktadır. Verilerin analizinde aritmetik ortalama, yüzde, standart sapma ve tek yönlü varyans (ANOVA) analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucuna göre öğretim üyeleri sırasıyla; işin kendisi, katkı anlayışı, işte kendini algılama ve denge anlayışı boyutlarında işlerini anlamlı bulmaktadır. Öğretim üyesi görüşleri, anlamlı işin katkı anlayışı ve işte kendini algılama boyutlarında fakülte ve unvana göre farklılaşmaktadır. Katkı anlayışı boyutunda tıp fakültesi öğretim üyeleri, eğitim ve iktisadi idari bilimler fakültesi öğretim üyelerine göre işlerini daha anlamlı bulmaktadır. Profesörler, işte kendini algılama ve katkı anlayışı boyutlarında yardımcı doçentlere göre işlerini daha anlamlı bulmaktadırlar. Anlamlı işin motivasyon ve iş doyumu ile ilişkisi bağlamında, yükseköğretimde dengeli iş yükü, iş-yaşam dengesi ve mentörlük programları, toplam ödül-tanınma sistemi uygulamaları önerilebilir.

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