Bankacılık sektöründe çalışanların makyavelist eğilimlerinden yola çıkarak etik algılarını belirleme: Muğla ilinde ampirik bir araştırma

Makyavelist anlayıs, özellikle isletme alanında yapılan çalısmalar üzerinde büyük bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu çalısma, özel bankalarda ve kamu bankalarında çalısanların Makyavelist egilimleri ile etik algıları arasındaki iliskiyi ve etkiyi incelemek amacını tasımaktadır. Çalısma Mugla ili Merkez ilçede çalısan 144 banka çalısanı üzerinde uygulanmıstır. Bunun için Mach IV ölçegi ve etik algı ölçegini içeren bir anket hazırlanmıstır. Belirlenen metodolojiye uygun olarak veriler toplanmıs ve çalısmanın temel hipotezine uygun olarak model hazırlanmıstır. Çalısmada önerilen arastırma modeli Yapısal Esitlik Modeli olup LISREL 8.51 kullanılarak test edilmistir. Yapısal esitlik modeline göre alınan sonuçlardan yola çıkılarak, Makyavelist egilim ile etik algılar arasında pozitif ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı iliski oldugu saptanmıstır. Bununla birlikte, Mach IV ölçegi kullanılarak bankacılık sektöründe yapılan diger çalısmalar ile benzer sonuçlar elde edilmistir.

Machiavellianism has tremendous influence on modern business communities. This study was aimed at analyzing the relationship and interaction effects between Machiavellianism orientation and ethical perception among employees of private and public banks. Therefore, the question arises whether Machiavellian influences are perceptibly high on Turkish bankers. The present study attempts to assess the ethical perception and Machiavellianism of 144 Bankers working in Mugla center. A questionnarie including the Mach IV scale and ethical perception scale.This study used self- reported methodology to collect a set of data for deriving the hypothesized model. Results from structural equation modeling analyses (LISREL 8.51) revealed that Machiavellianist orientation and ethical perception are positively and significantly correlated. In addition to this, based on the mean Mach IV scale, it was found that Machiavellianism orientation among employees in these banks were much higher compared to previous studies.

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