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Research paper thumbnail of Pozġtġf Örgütsel Davraniġlar Üzerġne Kavramsal Bġr Ġnceleme

ÖZET 21.yüzyılın dinamik çalıĢma koĢulları, iĢgücünün pozitif tutum ve davranıĢlarının örgütsel v... more ÖZET 21.yüzyılın dinamik çalıĢma koĢulları, iĢgücünün pozitif tutum ve davranıĢlarının örgütsel verimlilik elde edilmesinde ve rekabet üstünlüğü sağlanmasında oldukça önemli olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu doğrultuda, araĢtırmacılar son yıllarda pozitif psikolojiden doğan pozitif örgütsel davranıĢ yaklaĢımına dikkat çekmektedir.Pozitif örgütsel davranıĢlar örgütün amaçlarına ve olumlu örgütsel çıktılar elde etmesine katkı sağlayan, olumlu davranıĢları ifade etmektedir.Bu çalıĢmanın amacı, günümüz çalıĢma yaĢamında örgütler ve çalıĢanlar açısından önem taĢıdığı düĢünülen pozitif örgütsel davranıĢların teorik açıdan incelenmesi ve bu davranıĢların bireysel/örgütsel önemlerinin belirtilmesidir.ÇalıĢmada, ulusal ve uluslararası yazında yaygın olarak pozitif örgütsel davranıĢlar kapsamında ele alınan iĢe adanma, proaktif davranıĢlar, prososyal davranıĢlar, örgütsel vatandaĢlık davranıĢları, örgütsel bağlılık ve örgütsel özdeĢleĢme kavramlarına değinilmiĢtir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Pozitif Örgüts...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Self-Esteem, Virtuousness and Work Values on the Ethical Behaviors: An Empirical Study in the Hotel Industry

2013 UBT International Conference, 2013

This study investigates the impact of self-esteem, virtuousness and work values on ethical behavi... more This study investigates the impact of self-esteem, virtuousness and work values on ethical behaviors. In literature, studies suggest that individual and organizational factors as an important determinant or precursor of ethical behaviors. However, there has been relatively little substantive research focusing on these issues. In this respect, significant findings have been collected as a result of a research conducted on 174 employees of ten hotel enterprises in Turkey. Based on the findings, significant relationships have been observed among self-esteem, virtuousness, work values and ethical behaviors. Accordingly, one of the dimensions of virtuousness and self-esteem affect ethical behaviors positively. Moreover, dimensions of work values such as influence and advancement, working relationships and financial & working condition s are found out to have effect on ethical behaviors.

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of Quality of Work Life (QWL) on Proactive and Prosocial Organizational Behaviors: A Research on Health Sector Employees İş Yaşaminin Kali̇tesi̇ni̇n Proakti̇f Ve Prososyal Örgütsel Davranişlar Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇: Sağlik Sektörü Çalişanlari Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Araştirma

This study investigates the effect of quality of work life on proactive and prosocial organizatio... more This study investigates the effect of quality of work life on proactive and prosocial organizational behaviors. Previous studies suggest that organizational factors as precursors of employees’ positive organizational behaviors. Accordingly, the extent of the study composed of prosocial and proactive behaviors as part of positive organizational behaviors and one of the organizational determinants of these behaviors which is characterized as QWL. For this purpose, 218 employees who are working in private hospitals in Istanbul have participated in the study. In this respect, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation modelling applied to the data obtained from employees in hospitals. Based on the findings, significant relationships have been observed between some of the dimensions of QWL and employees proactive and prosocial behaviors. However, QWL affects employees co-worker oriented and individual proactive behaviors and extra-role prosocial behaviors. M...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Mentoring Functions on Career Adaptabilities and Career Self-Efficacy: the Role of Career Optimism

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2017

This study aims to investigate the effects of mentoring functions on undergraduate student’s care... more This study aims to investigate the effects of mentoring functions on undergraduate student’s career adaptabilities and career self-efficacy levels and the mediating role of career optimism. It is suggested in the literature that some factors stimulate student’s career adaptability levels. Therefore, mentoring functions, career optimism and career self-efficacy are considered as predictors of career adaptabilities within the scope of the study. Accordingly, data which are collected by the survey method from 311 undergraduate students having an education on different field such as business administration, international trade and logistics, public management and labor economics are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that mentoring functions, which is labeled as role modeling, have significant effects on student’s career adaptability, career optimism and career self-efficacy levels. However, it has been observed that career optimism has...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Autotelic Personality on Work Engagemnt Level of Employees: Role of Personal Meaning

TroyAcademy, 2021

This study aims to investigate the effects of autotelic personality on work engagement levels of ... more This study aims to investigate the effects of autotelic personality on work engagement levels of employees and the mediating role of personal meaning. For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 162 employees who have been working in service and public industry by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. According to the research results, it is found out that the dimensions of autotelic personality labelled as curiosity-persistence and attention control have a positive and significant effect on work engagement. However, research results indicate that personal meaning has a positive and significant effect on work engagement. In addition, it is found out personal meaning has partially mediating role in the relationship between curiosity-persistence and work engagement dimensions. On the other hand, this study demonstrate that positive personality traits are crucial antecedents of the favorable workplace attitudes and behaviors.

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Conscience in the Service Industry: A Scale Development

Istanbul Management Journal, 2021

Scholars and practitioners are paying increased attention to the concept of organizational consci... more Scholars and practitioners are paying increased attention to the concept of organizational conscience as it leads to positive outcomes in organizational life. Despite this increase, there is a gap measuring the perception of organizational conscience. To fill this gap, this study aims to develop a scale which measures the perception of organizational conscience. For this purpose, it uses a methodological approach with three steps which are item generation, scale purification and scale development. A special focus on developing a scale to measure organizational conscience using both qualitative and quantitative methods through data obtained from 239 service employees. As a consequence, a six-dimensional scale containing twenty seven items developed distinctive dimensions of organizational conscience: humanistic work climate, mindfulness, existential harmony, customer-oriented view, sensitive attitudes, ethical temperament. The results of this study suggest that the organizational conscience scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for further research on management.

Research paper thumbnail of A Research on the Effect of Organizational Safety Climate Upon the Safe Behaviors

Ege Akademik Bakis (Ege Academic Review), 2009

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational safety climate and the... more This study aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational safety climate and the safety behaviors of the employees. It is been accepted by many researchers that unsafe employee behavior at work place is one of the primary determinants of occupational accidents. More recently researchers suggest that safe/unsafe behaviors of the employees are affected by certain organizational factors. Recent studies accept organizational safety climate as one these factors that affects safe/unsafe behaviors of the employees. In this context, this study conducted in an active shipyard in Turkey, finds that there are significant relations between the four dimensions of the organizational safety climate and the safety behavior of the employees.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion and job embeddedness: the role of perfectionism

Pressacademia, 2018

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion an... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion and job embeddedness levels of employees and the mediating role of perfectionism. Within the literature, studies suggest that some of the organizational factors lead to both positive and negative outcomes. Therefore, emotional exhaustion, job embeddedness and perfectionism are considered as significant consequences of work life quality in scope of the study. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 190 employees in banking industry by the survey method were analyzed by using hierarchical regression analysis. Findings-The results of study revealed that while quality of work life has positive and significant effect on job embeddedness levels of employees also it has a negative and significant effect on emotional exhaustion. Conclusion-However, when perfectionism has a positive and significant effect on employees' job embeddedness levels, it has also a negative effect on emotional exhaustion levels of employees. In addition, perfectionism has partially mediating role in the relationship between quality of work life and job embeddedness. Moreover, perfectionism has partially mediating role in the relationship between quality of work life and emotional exhaustion.

Research paper thumbnail of The role of job demands and job resources model on job related strain and safety behaviors: A research on blue-collar workers

Pressacademia, 2019

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of job demands and job resources model on blue... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of job demands and job resources model on blue collar employees' job related strain and safety behavior levels. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 235 blue collar workers from one of the transportation company by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. Findings-Research results indicate that some of the dimensions of job demands labelled as work overload, role ambiguity and job insecurity have a positive and significant effect on job related strain. However, job insecurity has a negative and significant effect on employees' safety behaviors. In addition, research results show that one of the component of job resources which is addressed as organizational support has a positive and significant effect on employees' safety behaviors. Conclusion-The study reveals that job demands and job resources are the significant determinants of the job related strain and safety behaviors. Therefore, it can be concluded that in order to remove unsafe behaviors and decreasing job related strain, organizations need to maintain favourable working conditions which considers work life balance and employees' well-being.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of impulsivity on sabotage behavior of sales employees: The mediating role of affective disorders and organizational based self-esteem

Pressacademia, 2019

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of impulsivity on sabotage behaviors of sales ... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of impulsivity on sabotage behaviors of sales employees and the mediating roles of affective disorders and organizational based self-esteem. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 198 sales employees from shopping stores by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. Findings-The results revealed that impulsivity has a positive and significant effect on affective disorder levels of employees and also impulsivity has a positive and significant effect on sabotage behavior levels of employees. However, research results indicate that impulsivity has a negative and significant effect on organization based self-esteem levels of employees and organization based self-esteem has a negative and significant effect on sabotage behavior levels of employees. In addition, it is found out organization based self-esteem has partially mediating role in the relationship between impulsivity and sabotage behaviors. Conclusion-The study demonstrate that personality traits are one of the significant predictors of the maladaptive behaviors and psychological health problems in the service industry. However, this study reveals that in order to eliminating negative attitudes in the workplaces, organizations need to consider dispositional characteristics of the employees.

Research paper thumbnail of Örgütsel Ustaliğin Müşteri̇ Odakli Hi̇zmet Davranişlari Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇nde Hata Yöneti̇m Kültürünün Aracilik Rolü

Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2019

Within the literature, it is suggested that employee's tendency to exhibit customeroriented servi... more Within the literature, it is suggested that employee's tendency to exhibit customeroriented service behaviors based on the various individual and organizational

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Career Self-Efficacy on the Effect of Parental Career Behaviors on Career Exploration: A Study on School of Tourism and Hotel Management’ Students

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2016

This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s... more This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s career exploration and the mediating role of career self-efficacy. In the literature it is suggested that some social and individual factors facilitate students’ career exploration. Therefore, parental career behaviors and career self-efficacy is considered as predictors of student’s career exploration attitudes within the scope of the study. In this respect, data which are collected from 405 undergraduate students having an education on tourism and hotel management field by the survey method are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that parental career behaviors which are addressed support; interference and lack of engagement have a significant effect on student’s career exploration behaviors such as intended-systematic exploration, environment exploration and self-exploration. In addition, it has been found that one of the dimensions of...

Research paper thumbnail of The antecedents of organizational agility: organizational structure, dynamic capabilities and customer orientation

Pressacademia, 2017

This study aims to investigate some antecedents of organizational agility. In the literature, it ... more This study aims to investigate some antecedents of organizational agility. In the literature, it is seen that studies suggest that some organizational factors provide to maintain organizational agility. Therefore, organizational structure, dynamic capabilities and customer orientation are considered as predictors of organizational agility within the scope of the study. For this purpose, the data which were collected from 176 employees in the retailing industry by the survey method were analyzed using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that two dimension of dynamic capabilities which are addressed as integration and coordinating have a positive and significant effect on organizational agility. However, organic and mechanic organizational structures have no significant effect on organizational agility. In addition, customer orientation levels have a positive and significant effect on organizational agility.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of corporate social responsibility on affective commitment to the employeer brand: role of ethical climate and organizational based self-esteem

Research paper thumbnail of Ücret Tatmininin Ve İşin Özelliklerinin İşe Gömülmüşlük Üzerindeki Etkisinde Mutluluğun Rolü - The Role of Happiness on The Effect of Pay Satisfaction and Job Characteristics on Job Embeddedness

Journal of Business Research - Turk, 2016

Literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalarda, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin örgütsel ve toplumsal ... more Literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalarda, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin örgütsel ve toplumsal yaşamda bazı kritik sonuçlar doğurduğu ileri sürülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın kapsamında işe gömülmüşlük ve mutluluk, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin kritik sonuçları olarak ele alınmıştır. Bu doğrultuda çalışma, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin bireylerin işe gömülmüşlük düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisinde mutluluğun rolünün incelenmesini amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, Antalya ve Afyon illerinde beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinde görev yapan 290 çalışandan anket yolu ile veriler toplanmıştır. Otel çalışanlarından toplanan veriler tanımlayıcı istatistikler, korelasyon ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri vasıtası ile değerlendirilmiş, hipotezlerin test edilmesinde ise, yapısal eşitlik modelinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, ücret yapısından tatmin ile işin öneminin işgörenlerin işe gömülmüşlük ve mutluluk düzeyleri üzerinde olumlu ve anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte, ek yararlardan tatmin olma ile otonomi boyutlarının işgörenlerin işe gömülmüşlük düzeylerini olumlu yönde etkilediği; mutluluğun da, işe gömülmüşlük üzerinde olumlu yönde bir etkisinin olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca, ücret yapısından tatminin ve işin öneminin işe gömülmüşlük üzerindeki etkisinde mutluluğun kısmi aracılık rolüne sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Organizational Structures and Learning Organization on Job Embeddedness and Individual Adaptive Performance

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015

This study aims to investigate the effects of organizational structures and learning organization... more This study aims to investigate the effects of organizational structures and learning organization on job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance. In literature, studies suggest that learning organization and organizational structures bring about some desirable outputs for both individuals and organizations. Accordingly, within the scope of the study, job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance are considered as important consequences which have been thought to be affected by the organizational conditions. In this context, the data which were collected from 216 employees of hotel establishments by the survey method were analyzed using the structural equation modelling technique. The results of the study indicate that organic organization structure has been found to have no direct effect on job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance. In addition to this, mechanistic organization structure affects job embeddedness positively, while it has no direct effect on individual adaptive performance. However, learning organization affects both job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance positively and learning organization has a fully mediator role in the relationships between organic organization structure and job embeddedness. It also has a fully mediator role in the relationships between organic organization structure and individual adaptive performance. Moreover, learning organization has a fully mediator role between mechanistic organization structure and individual adaptive performance.

Research paper thumbnail of Yönetim ve Örgütsel Davranış Yazınındaki Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışmalarının Metodolojik Açıdan Analizi

Business and Economics Research Journal, 2020

Öz: Ölçek geliştirme, önemli uzmanlık bilgisini ve uzun süren çabayı gerektiren bir çalışmadır. B... more Öz: Ölçek geliştirme, önemli uzmanlık bilgisini ve uzun süren çabayı gerektiren bir çalışmadır. Bu çalışmaların bilimsel açıdan geçerli ve güvenilir olması belirli metodolojik ilkelerin uygulanmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Sosyal bilimler yazınındaki mevcut ölçek geliştirme çalışmalarının bir kısmında belirli yöntemlerin uygulandığı, bazılarında ise bilimsel kriterlerin her aşamasının dikkate alınmadığı görülmektedir. Bu çerçevede, çalışmada 2000-2019 yılları arasında yönetim ve örgütsel davranış yazınındaki ölçek geliştirme çalışmaları içerik analiz yöntemi ile metodolojik açıdan incelenmiştir. Araştırma amacı kapsamında belirtilen yıllarda ulusal veri tabanlarında taranan 65 adet lisansüstü tez, makale ve bildiri incelenerek, ölçek geliştirme adımları çerçevesinde uygulanan yöntemlerin belirlenmesi ve uygulanması gereken aşamaların bir model dâhilinde sunulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu bağlamda, yönetim ve örgütsel davranış yazınındaki 65 ölçek geliştirme çalışması belirlenen ölçek geliştirme kriterleri kapsamında MAXQDA nitel veri analizi programı kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir.

Research paper thumbnail of An Emprical Research On The Relationship Between Job Insecurity And Employee Health Safety

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the insecurity perception of e... more The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the insecurity perception of employees, health symptoms and unsafe behaviours of employees. According to a limited number of empirical researches in this field, findings imply that job insecurity perceptions of employees may result both in physical and mental health symptoms and unsafe behaviours which may in return risk the job safety. Research is limited with an application to a large company in Turkey which is in downsizing process. Findings of this particular research have once again indicated both mental and physical health symptoms are related with job insecurity perceptions.

Research paper thumbnail of Pozġtġf Örgütsel Davraniġlar Üzerġne Kavramsal Bġr Ġnceleme

ÖZET 21.yüzyılın dinamik çalıĢma koĢulları, iĢgücünün pozitif tutum ve davranıĢlarının örgütsel v... more ÖZET 21.yüzyılın dinamik çalıĢma koĢulları, iĢgücünün pozitif tutum ve davranıĢlarının örgütsel verimlilik elde edilmesinde ve rekabet üstünlüğü sağlanmasında oldukça önemli olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu doğrultuda, araĢtırmacılar son yıllarda pozitif psikolojiden doğan pozitif örgütsel davranıĢ yaklaĢımına dikkat çekmektedir.Pozitif örgütsel davranıĢlar örgütün amaçlarına ve olumlu örgütsel çıktılar elde etmesine katkı sağlayan, olumlu davranıĢları ifade etmektedir.Bu çalıĢmanın amacı, günümüz çalıĢma yaĢamında örgütler ve çalıĢanlar açısından önem taĢıdığı düĢünülen pozitif örgütsel davranıĢların teorik açıdan incelenmesi ve bu davranıĢların bireysel/örgütsel önemlerinin belirtilmesidir.ÇalıĢmada, ulusal ve uluslararası yazında yaygın olarak pozitif örgütsel davranıĢlar kapsamında ele alınan iĢe adanma, proaktif davranıĢlar, prososyal davranıĢlar, örgütsel vatandaĢlık davranıĢları, örgütsel bağlılık ve örgütsel özdeĢleĢme kavramlarına değinilmiĢtir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Pozitif Örgüts...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Self-Esteem, Virtuousness and Work Values on the Ethical Behaviors: An Empirical Study in the Hotel Industry

2013 UBT International Conference, 2013

This study investigates the impact of self-esteem, virtuousness and work values on ethical behavi... more This study investigates the impact of self-esteem, virtuousness and work values on ethical behaviors. In literature, studies suggest that individual and organizational factors as an important determinant or precursor of ethical behaviors. However, there has been relatively little substantive research focusing on these issues. In this respect, significant findings have been collected as a result of a research conducted on 174 employees of ten hotel enterprises in Turkey. Based on the findings, significant relationships have been observed among self-esteem, virtuousness, work values and ethical behaviors. Accordingly, one of the dimensions of virtuousness and self-esteem affect ethical behaviors positively. Moreover, dimensions of work values such as influence and advancement, working relationships and financial & working condition s are found out to have effect on ethical behaviors.

Research paper thumbnail of Effect of Quality of Work Life (QWL) on Proactive and Prosocial Organizational Behaviors: A Research on Health Sector Employees İş Yaşaminin Kali̇tesi̇ni̇n Proakti̇f Ve Prososyal Örgütsel Davranişlar Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇: Sağlik Sektörü Çalişanlari Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Araştirma

This study investigates the effect of quality of work life on proactive and prosocial organizatio... more This study investigates the effect of quality of work life on proactive and prosocial organizational behaviors. Previous studies suggest that organizational factors as precursors of employees’ positive organizational behaviors. Accordingly, the extent of the study composed of prosocial and proactive behaviors as part of positive organizational behaviors and one of the organizational determinants of these behaviors which is characterized as QWL. For this purpose, 218 employees who are working in private hospitals in Istanbul have participated in the study. In this respect, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation modelling applied to the data obtained from employees in hospitals. Based on the findings, significant relationships have been observed between some of the dimensions of QWL and employees proactive and prosocial behaviors. However, QWL affects employees co-worker oriented and individual proactive behaviors and extra-role prosocial behaviors. M...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Mentoring Functions on Career Adaptabilities and Career Self-Efficacy: the Role of Career Optimism

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2017

This study aims to investigate the effects of mentoring functions on undergraduate student’s care... more This study aims to investigate the effects of mentoring functions on undergraduate student’s career adaptabilities and career self-efficacy levels and the mediating role of career optimism. It is suggested in the literature that some factors stimulate student’s career adaptability levels. Therefore, mentoring functions, career optimism and career self-efficacy are considered as predictors of career adaptabilities within the scope of the study. Accordingly, data which are collected by the survey method from 311 undergraduate students having an education on different field such as business administration, international trade and logistics, public management and labor economics are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that mentoring functions, which is labeled as role modeling, have significant effects on student’s career adaptability, career optimism and career self-efficacy levels. However, it has been observed that career optimism has...

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Autotelic Personality on Work Engagemnt Level of Employees: Role of Personal Meaning

TroyAcademy, 2021

This study aims to investigate the effects of autotelic personality on work engagement levels of ... more This study aims to investigate the effects of autotelic personality on work engagement levels of employees and the mediating role of personal meaning. For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 162 employees who have been working in service and public industry by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. According to the research results, it is found out that the dimensions of autotelic personality labelled as curiosity-persistence and attention control have a positive and significant effect on work engagement. However, research results indicate that personal meaning has a positive and significant effect on work engagement. In addition, it is found out personal meaning has partially mediating role in the relationship between curiosity-persistence and work engagement dimensions. On the other hand, this study demonstrate that positive personality traits are crucial antecedents of the favorable workplace attitudes and behaviors.

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Conscience in the Service Industry: A Scale Development

Istanbul Management Journal, 2021

Scholars and practitioners are paying increased attention to the concept of organizational consci... more Scholars and practitioners are paying increased attention to the concept of organizational conscience as it leads to positive outcomes in organizational life. Despite this increase, there is a gap measuring the perception of organizational conscience. To fill this gap, this study aims to develop a scale which measures the perception of organizational conscience. For this purpose, it uses a methodological approach with three steps which are item generation, scale purification and scale development. A special focus on developing a scale to measure organizational conscience using both qualitative and quantitative methods through data obtained from 239 service employees. As a consequence, a six-dimensional scale containing twenty seven items developed distinctive dimensions of organizational conscience: humanistic work climate, mindfulness, existential harmony, customer-oriented view, sensitive attitudes, ethical temperament. The results of this study suggest that the organizational conscience scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for further research on management.

Research paper thumbnail of A Research on the Effect of Organizational Safety Climate Upon the Safe Behaviors

Ege Akademik Bakis (Ege Academic Review), 2009

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational safety climate and the... more This study aims to investigate the relationship between the organizational safety climate and the safety behaviors of the employees. It is been accepted by many researchers that unsafe employee behavior at work place is one of the primary determinants of occupational accidents. More recently researchers suggest that safe/unsafe behaviors of the employees are affected by certain organizational factors. Recent studies accept organizational safety climate as one these factors that affects safe/unsafe behaviors of the employees. In this context, this study conducted in an active shipyard in Turkey, finds that there are significant relations between the four dimensions of the organizational safety climate and the safety behavior of the employees.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion and job embeddedness: the role of perfectionism

Pressacademia, 2018

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion an... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effect of work life quality on emotional exhaustion and job embeddedness levels of employees and the mediating role of perfectionism. Within the literature, studies suggest that some of the organizational factors lead to both positive and negative outcomes. Therefore, emotional exhaustion, job embeddedness and perfectionism are considered as significant consequences of work life quality in scope of the study. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 190 employees in banking industry by the survey method were analyzed by using hierarchical regression analysis. Findings-The results of study revealed that while quality of work life has positive and significant effect on job embeddedness levels of employees also it has a negative and significant effect on emotional exhaustion. Conclusion-However, when perfectionism has a positive and significant effect on employees' job embeddedness levels, it has also a negative effect on emotional exhaustion levels of employees. In addition, perfectionism has partially mediating role in the relationship between quality of work life and job embeddedness. Moreover, perfectionism has partially mediating role in the relationship between quality of work life and emotional exhaustion.

Research paper thumbnail of The role of job demands and job resources model on job related strain and safety behaviors: A research on blue-collar workers

Pressacademia, 2019

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of job demands and job resources model on blue... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of job demands and job resources model on blue collar employees' job related strain and safety behavior levels. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 235 blue collar workers from one of the transportation company by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. Findings-Research results indicate that some of the dimensions of job demands labelled as work overload, role ambiguity and job insecurity have a positive and significant effect on job related strain. However, job insecurity has a negative and significant effect on employees' safety behaviors. In addition, research results show that one of the component of job resources which is addressed as organizational support has a positive and significant effect on employees' safety behaviors. Conclusion-The study reveals that job demands and job resources are the significant determinants of the job related strain and safety behaviors. Therefore, it can be concluded that in order to remove unsafe behaviors and decreasing job related strain, organizations need to maintain favourable working conditions which considers work life balance and employees' well-being.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of impulsivity on sabotage behavior of sales employees: The mediating role of affective disorders and organizational based self-esteem

Pressacademia, 2019

Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of impulsivity on sabotage behaviors of sales ... more Purpose-This study aims to investigate the effects of impulsivity on sabotage behaviors of sales employees and the mediating roles of affective disorders and organizational based self-esteem. Methodology-For the purpose of the research, the data which were collected from 198 sales employees from shopping stores by the survey method were analyzed by using partial least squares-structural equation modeling method. While conducting analysis, Smart PLS program was used by applying bootstrapping technique (5000 resample) to determine the significance levels of the proposed hypotheses and also Anderson and Gerbing (1988) two-step approach has been used. Findings-The results revealed that impulsivity has a positive and significant effect on affective disorder levels of employees and also impulsivity has a positive and significant effect on sabotage behavior levels of employees. However, research results indicate that impulsivity has a negative and significant effect on organization based self-esteem levels of employees and organization based self-esteem has a negative and significant effect on sabotage behavior levels of employees. In addition, it is found out organization based self-esteem has partially mediating role in the relationship between impulsivity and sabotage behaviors. Conclusion-The study demonstrate that personality traits are one of the significant predictors of the maladaptive behaviors and psychological health problems in the service industry. However, this study reveals that in order to eliminating negative attitudes in the workplaces, organizations need to consider dispositional characteristics of the employees.

Research paper thumbnail of Örgütsel Ustaliğin Müşteri̇ Odakli Hi̇zmet Davranişlari Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇nde Hata Yöneti̇m Kültürünün Aracilik Rolü

Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2019

Within the literature, it is suggested that employee's tendency to exhibit customeroriented servi... more Within the literature, it is suggested that employee's tendency to exhibit customeroriented service behaviors based on the various individual and organizational

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Career Self-Efficacy on the Effect of Parental Career Behaviors on Career Exploration: A Study on School of Tourism and Hotel Management’ Students

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2016

This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s... more This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s career exploration and the mediating role of career self-efficacy. In the literature it is suggested that some social and individual factors facilitate students’ career exploration. Therefore, parental career behaviors and career self-efficacy is considered as predictors of student’s career exploration attitudes within the scope of the study. In this respect, data which are collected from 405 undergraduate students having an education on tourism and hotel management field by the survey method are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that parental career behaviors which are addressed support; interference and lack of engagement have a significant effect on student’s career exploration behaviors such as intended-systematic exploration, environment exploration and self-exploration. In addition, it has been found that one of the dimensions of...

Research paper thumbnail of The antecedents of organizational agility: organizational structure, dynamic capabilities and customer orientation

Pressacademia, 2017

This study aims to investigate some antecedents of organizational agility. In the literature, it ... more This study aims to investigate some antecedents of organizational agility. In the literature, it is seen that studies suggest that some organizational factors provide to maintain organizational agility. Therefore, organizational structure, dynamic capabilities and customer orientation are considered as predictors of organizational agility within the scope of the study. For this purpose, the data which were collected from 176 employees in the retailing industry by the survey method were analyzed using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that two dimension of dynamic capabilities which are addressed as integration and coordinating have a positive and significant effect on organizational agility. However, organic and mechanic organizational structures have no significant effect on organizational agility. In addition, customer orientation levels have a positive and significant effect on organizational agility.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of corporate social responsibility on affective commitment to the employeer brand: role of ethical climate and organizational based self-esteem

Research paper thumbnail of Ücret Tatmininin Ve İşin Özelliklerinin İşe Gömülmüşlük Üzerindeki Etkisinde Mutluluğun Rolü - The Role of Happiness on The Effect of Pay Satisfaction and Job Characteristics on Job Embeddedness

Journal of Business Research - Turk, 2016

Literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalarda, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin örgütsel ve toplumsal ... more Literatürdeki mevcut çalışmalarda, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin örgütsel ve toplumsal yaşamda bazı kritik sonuçlar doğurduğu ileri sürülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın kapsamında işe gömülmüşlük ve mutluluk, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin kritik sonuçları olarak ele alınmıştır. Bu doğrultuda çalışma, ücret tatmininin ve işin özelliklerinin bireylerin işe gömülmüşlük düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisinde mutluluğun rolünün incelenmesini amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, Antalya ve Afyon illerinde beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinde görev yapan 290 çalışandan anket yolu ile veriler toplanmıştır. Otel çalışanlarından toplanan veriler tanımlayıcı istatistikler, korelasyon ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri vasıtası ile değerlendirilmiş, hipotezlerin test edilmesinde ise, yapısal eşitlik modelinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, ücret yapısından tatmin ile işin öneminin işgörenlerin işe gömülmüşlük ve mutluluk düzeyleri üzerinde olumlu ve anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte, ek yararlardan tatmin olma ile otonomi boyutlarının işgörenlerin işe gömülmüşlük düzeylerini olumlu yönde etkilediği; mutluluğun da, işe gömülmüşlük üzerinde olumlu yönde bir etkisinin olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca, ücret yapısından tatminin ve işin öneminin işe gömülmüşlük üzerindeki etkisinde mutluluğun kısmi aracılık rolüne sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Research paper thumbnail of The Effects of Organizational Structures and Learning Organization on Job Embeddedness and Individual Adaptive Performance

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015

This study aims to investigate the effects of organizational structures and learning organization... more This study aims to investigate the effects of organizational structures and learning organization on job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance. In literature, studies suggest that learning organization and organizational structures bring about some desirable outputs for both individuals and organizations. Accordingly, within the scope of the study, job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance are considered as important consequences which have been thought to be affected by the organizational conditions. In this context, the data which were collected from 216 employees of hotel establishments by the survey method were analyzed using the structural equation modelling technique. The results of the study indicate that organic organization structure has been found to have no direct effect on job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance. In addition to this, mechanistic organization structure affects job embeddedness positively, while it has no direct effect on individual adaptive performance. However, learning organization affects both job embeddedness and individual adaptive performance positively and learning organization has a fully mediator role in the relationships between organic organization structure and job embeddedness. It also has a fully mediator role in the relationships between organic organization structure and individual adaptive performance. Moreover, learning organization has a fully mediator role between mechanistic organization structure and individual adaptive performance.

Research paper thumbnail of Yönetim ve Örgütsel Davranış Yazınındaki Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışmalarının Metodolojik Açıdan Analizi

Business and Economics Research Journal, 2020

Öz: Ölçek geliştirme, önemli uzmanlık bilgisini ve uzun süren çabayı gerektiren bir çalışmadır. B... more Öz: Ölçek geliştirme, önemli uzmanlık bilgisini ve uzun süren çabayı gerektiren bir çalışmadır. Bu çalışmaların bilimsel açıdan geçerli ve güvenilir olması belirli metodolojik ilkelerin uygulanmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Sosyal bilimler yazınındaki mevcut ölçek geliştirme çalışmalarının bir kısmında belirli yöntemlerin uygulandığı, bazılarında ise bilimsel kriterlerin her aşamasının dikkate alınmadığı görülmektedir. Bu çerçevede, çalışmada 2000-2019 yılları arasında yönetim ve örgütsel davranış yazınındaki ölçek geliştirme çalışmaları içerik analiz yöntemi ile metodolojik açıdan incelenmiştir. Araştırma amacı kapsamında belirtilen yıllarda ulusal veri tabanlarında taranan 65 adet lisansüstü tez, makale ve bildiri incelenerek, ölçek geliştirme adımları çerçevesinde uygulanan yöntemlerin belirlenmesi ve uygulanması gereken aşamaların bir model dâhilinde sunulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu bağlamda, yönetim ve örgütsel davranış yazınındaki 65 ölçek geliştirme çalışması belirlenen ölçek geliştirme kriterleri kapsamında MAXQDA nitel veri analizi programı kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir.

Research paper thumbnail of An Emprical Research On The Relationship Between Job Insecurity And Employee Health Safety

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the insecurity perception of e... more The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the insecurity perception of employees, health symptoms and unsafe behaviours of employees. According to a limited number of empirical researches in this field, findings imply that job insecurity perceptions of employees may result both in physical and mental health symptoms and unsafe behaviours which may in return risk the job safety. Research is limited with an application to a large company in Turkey which is in downsizing process. Findings of this particular research have once again indicated both mental and physical health symptoms are related with job insecurity perceptions.