Covid-19 Korkusu, Kişilik Özellikleri, İş Performansı ve İşten Ayrılma Niyeti Arasındaki Yordayıcı İlişkilerin İncelenmesi (original) (raw)

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pandemic. In this period, flexible working systems have been adopted in many sectors, then some workplaces have started to work actively with the normalization period, where some others have adopted hybrid working systems. Despite the risk of transmission during the pandemic, employees working in specific sectors had to continue to work even harder. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on workplaces is not only limited with changing work hours and ways of doing business. It also has impact on employees' attitude towards their jobs. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to determine the effect of fear caused by Covid-19 on employees' job performance and turnover intention, by considering their personality traits. Then the data collected online was analyzed by structural equation modeling via Amos 21 software. The results of the study reveal that, the employees' fear of Covid-19 affects their turnover intention but not their job performance. It can be stated that neurotic and responsible personality traits of employees increase the fear of Covid-19. The current study reveals important results for employees and managers to cope with changing working conditions due to