MANAGERIAL PROXEMIA IN THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC PERSONNEL’ MOTIVATION

Interaction with subordinates being one of the most important partof the administration activity is a matter that has to be handled carefully foradministrators who wish to indicate that they keep the managerial performanceand efficiency high. If the administrator does not establish and continue aninteraction that operates as trouble-free between himself and his subordinates,he may be subject to major managerial issues.Especially as for public institutions, there are many differing factors thatshape the behaviour of the administrators associated with interaction includingthe management mentality that is adopted by the administrator, his character andexperience; the service that is provided by the institution, the quality and numberof the subordinates, the corporate culture, the informal groups and the politicalimpacts. These factors shape the task-based relationship with his subordinatespersonally with all the other managerial practices apart from interaction in mindand position his subordinates at differing conceptual “managerial distances”according to him depending on his will or as a requirement of the circumstances.In consequence, the administrator can be personally safe, carry on with theadministration as trouble-free and can act “as special to the situation and person.”This study, which has been prepared with the purpose of conceptdevelopment, tries to reveal the quality and causality of the given managerialdistances within the context of public institutions. To this end, the impacts ofthe concept of managerial proxemics” which was developed as an effort toeliminate the conceptual gap in the field literature on the work motivation ofthe civil servants were examined. In order to examine the hypothesis relatingto the fact that there is a linear and strong relationship between the positionof the managerial proxemics field being perceived and the task motivation, aresearch was conducted using the method of face to face survey on the personnelmembers of public institutions that operate in different service areas as part ofthe central and local administration. As a result of the research, the conclusionderived was that the managerial proxemics fields which were perceived by thepersonnel as present had a direct and strong impact on the task motivation.

KAMU KURUMLARINDA YÖNETSEL PROKSEMİ VE PERSONELİN MOTİVASYONUNA ETKİSİ

Yönetim faaliyetinin en önemli unsurlarından birisi olan astlar ile iletişim, yönetsel performansını ve etkinliğini yüksek tutmak isteyen göstermek isteyen yöneticiler için üzerinde dikkatle durulması gereken bir konudur. Yönetici, kendisi ile astları arasında sorunsuz işleyen bir iletişim oluşturmak ve sürdürmez ise büyük yönetsel sorunlar yaşayabilir. Özellikle kamu kurumları söz konusu olduğunda, yöneticilerin iletişime yönelik davranışlarını şekillendiren; yöneticinin benimsediği yönetim anlayışı, karakteri ve tecrübesi; kurumda sunulan hizmet, astların niteliği ve sayısı, kurum kültürü, informel gruplar, siyasi etkiler gibi farklı birçok etken söz konusudur. Bu etkenler, iletişimin yanı sıra tüm diğer yönetsel uygulamalar bakımından astları ile olan görevsel ilişkisini kişi özelinde şekillendirmekte ve astlarını, kendi isteği veya durum gereği olarak kendisine göre farklı kavramsal “yönetsel mesafelerde” konumlandırmaktadır. Yönetici bu sayede kişisel olarak güvende olma, yönetimini rahat sürdürme ve “duruma ve kişiye özel” davranabilmektedir. Kavram geliştirme amaçlı hazırlanan bu çalışma, söz konusu yönetsel mesafelerin niteliğini ve nedenselliğini kamu kurumları bağlamında ortaya koymaya çalışmaktadır. Bu amaçla, alan yazınındaki konu ile ilgili kavramsal boşluğu gidermeye yönelik bir gayret olarak geliştirilen “yönetsel proksemi” kavramının, kamu personelinin çalışma motivasyonuna etkileri incelenmiştir. Algılanan yönetsel proksemik alan konumu ile görev motivasyonu arasındaki doğrusal ve güçlü bir ilişkinin olduğu hipotezini incelemek amacıyla merkezi ve yerel yönetim kapsamında farklı hizmet alanlarında faaliyet gösteren kamu kurumları personeli üzerinde yüz yüze anket yöntemi kullanılarak alan araştırması yürütülmüştür. Araştırma sonucunda personelin bulunduğunu algıladığı yönetsel proksemik alanların, görev motivasyonu üzerinde doğrudan ve güçlü bir etkisinin olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

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