HUMILITY AS A MULTUDIMENSIONAL CONCEPT IN THE WORKPLACE

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 60 - 86, 25.03.2024

Dilek Işılay Üçok , Gizem Aksu Can

https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1240386

Abstract

Humility is defined as "the willingness to see one's own power/limitations as realistic, without feeling an obligation to defend and without distorting information about oneself." This study aims to evaluate how the concept of humility is perceived in the workplace from the point of view of employees, to identify the individual/organizational premises that may lead to the emergence of the concept, to determine the reactions towards humble employees, and to reveal the possible effects of humility on today's working dynamics.In this study, where the qualitative research method was preferred, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 people reached by convenience sampling, and the data obtained from the research were analyzed with the help of content analysis.It is believed that the research findings will enrich the theoretical structure of humility, which is the subject of few studies in organizational behavior and guide managers in working life.

Keywords

Humility, Modesty, Humility in the Workplace, Positive Psychology

ÇALIŞMA HAYATINDA ÇOK BOYUTLU BİR KAVRAM OLARAK TEVAZU

Abstract

Tevazu kavramı; “kişinin, kendi imajını savunmak, onarmak ya da kendisini olduğundan daha iyi göstermek gibi bir zorunluluk hissetmeksizin ve kendine ilişkin bilgileri çarpıtmaksızın, kendi gücünü/sınırlılıklarını gerçekçi olarak görmeye istekli olması” şeklinde tanımlamaktadır. Alan yazınına bakıldığında, kavramın olumlu yönlerine dikkat çeken çalışmaların varlığının yanı sıra, karanlık yönüne vurgu yapan araştırma sonuçlarının da olduğu görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; işyerinde tevazu kavramının çalışanlar açısından algılanma biçimlerinin değerlendirilmesi, kavramın ortaya çıkmasına neden olabilecek bireysel/örgütsel öncüllerin tespit edilmesi, tevazu sahibi çalışanlara yönelik tepkilerin belirlenmesi ve tevazunun, günümüzdeki çalışma dinamikleri üzerindeki olası etkilerinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Nitel araştırma yönteminin tercih edildiği bu çalışmada, kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle ulaşılan 15 kişiyle derinlemesine mülakatlar gerçekleştirilmiş ve araştırmadan elde edilen veri, içerik analizi yardımıyla çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma bulgularının, örgütsel davranış alanında az sayıda çalışmaya konu olan tevazu kavramının kuramsal yapısını zenginleştireceğine ve çalışma yaşamındaki yöneticilere yön göstereceğine inanılmaktadır.

Keywords

Tevazu, Alçakgönüllülük, İşyerinde Tevazu, Pozitif Psikoloji

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