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ÖRGÜTSEL DEĞİŞİME HAZIR BULUNUŞLUK DÜZEYİNİN DESTEKLENMESİ: POZİTİF PSİKOLOJİNİN ROLÜNÜ İNCELEYEN SİSTEMATİK BİR DERLEME ÇALIŞMASI

Her ne kadar yirmi yılı aşkın süredir çalışılan pozitif psikolojin örgüt çalışmalarına entegrasyonu hız kazanmış olsa da, bu alanın örgütsel değişime hazır bulunuşluğa etkisi araştırmacıların yeterince ilgisini çekmemiştir. Bu anlamda mevcut çalışma örgütsel değişim bağlamında pozitif psikolojinin rolünü inceleyen çalışmaları bir ara- ya getirmeyi, analiz etmeyi ve bulguları sentezlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın amaçları doğrultusunda, mevcut literatürden yola çıkılarak anahtar kelimelerden olu- şan gelişmiş arama kriterleri belirlenmiş ve bu anahtar kelimeler ISI Web of Science ve EBSCO Business Source Complete veri tabanlarında taranmıştır. Dördü (4) teorik, on dördü (14) deneysel olmak üzere toplam 18 bilimsel yayın detaylı bir şekilde analiz edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu araştırmada incelenen çalışmalar emekleme dönemi çaba- ları olarak nitelendirilmekle birlikte, incelenen çalışmaların çoğunluğunun bulguları pozitif psikolojinin örgütsel değime olumlu yönde katkı yapabileceğine işaret etmek- tedir. Özellikle koçluk (coaching) ve eğitim/geliştirme (training) gibi pozitif müdaha- lelerin değişim sırasında bireysel iyi oluşu (well-being) ve değişime bağlılığı olumlu etkilediği söylenebilir. Dönüşümcü liderlik ve bazı örgütsel faktörlerin (ör. sosyal des- tek, katılım) genelleştirilmiş pozitif deneyimlerin oluşmasına katkı sağladığı incelenen çalışmalarla ortaya konmuştur. Ayrıca incelenen çalışmaların büyük çoğunluğu pozitif psikolojik müdahalelerin değişimin ortaya çıkardığı stres, endişe ve depresyon gibi istenmeyen durumların önlenmesine katkı sağlayabileceğine işaret etmektedir.

PROMOTING READINESS FOR CHANGE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CONTEXT

Although positive psychology has begun to study quite often in the organizational con-text in the last two decades, so far, however, there has been little discussion about thecontribution of positive psychology to organizational readiness during organizationalchange processes. The current study intends to compile, analyze and synthesize scien-tific researches that aim to understand the effects of positive psychology on readinessin the context of organizational change. In the line with this purpose, several advancedsearch criteria were identified; In EBSCO Business Source Complete and ISI Web ofScience databases, four (4) conceptual and fourteen (14) experimental, eighteen (18)studies in total were identified and attempted to be analyzed in detail. Although it iswidely acknowledged that these findings represent the infancy period of the field, themajority of examined studies reveal that positive psychology may provide a valuablecontribution in terms of both individual and organizational readiness. In particular,positive interventions (i.e. coaching, training) are reflected as a promising tool foremployee well-being and their commitment to change. Additionally, leadership style(i.e. transformational leadership) and other organizational factors (i.e. social support,participation) are stressed as relevant instruments for creating a positive experiencethroughout a change initiative. Apart from the mechanism through which they work,outcomes of the examined studies reveal that positive psychology also contributes todiminishing stress and anxiety which is triggered by the turbulent environment of achange process.

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