Do Firm Size and Employee Demographic Characteristics Affect the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Thriving at Work?

Year 2024, Volume: 24 Issue: 1, 167 - 180, 25.03.2024

Derya Yücel

https://doi.org/10.11616/asbi.1392319

Abstract

In this study, it was examined how the relationship between employee mindfulness, which has become increasingly important in the business environment and subject to various applications in recent years, and thriving at work is affected by demographic variables such as gender, age, education levels of employees and company size. In the study using the survey method, a total of 459 employees working in business processes in different units in production enterprises were reached. The findings obtained in the study using partial least square structural equation analysis reveal that employee mindfulness is an important variable that increases thriving at work. In addition, in the relationship between mindfulness and thriving at work, it has been observed that company size has a decreasing effect on the effect of mindfulness on thriving at work, and in big companies, the effect of mindfulness on thriving at work is less than in small companies. In addition, no significant effect of demographic variables, including gender, age and educational status of employees, was found on the relationship between employee mindfulness and thriving at work.

Keywords

Mindfulness, Thriving at Work, Gender, Firm Size, PLS-SEM.

Bilinçli Farkındalık ile İşyerinde Gelişme Arasındaki İlişkiyi Firma Büyüklüğü ve Çalışanların Demografik Özellikleri Etkiler mi?

Abstract

Bu çalışmada son yıllarda işletme çevresinde önemi giderek artan ve çeşitli uygulamalara konu olan çalışan farkındalığı ile işyerinde gelişme arasındaki ilişkinin çalışanların cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim düzeyleri gibi demografik değişkenler ile firma büyüklüğünden ne şekilde etkilendiği incelenmiştir. Anket yönteminden yararlanılan çalışmada üretim işletmelerinde farklı birimlerdeki iş süreçlerinde görev alan toplam 459 çalışana ulaşılmıştır. Kısmi en küçük kareli yapısal eşitlik analizinden yararlanılan çalışmada elde edilen bulgular çalışan farkındalığının işyerinde gelişmeyi artıran önemli bir değişken olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca bilinçli farkındalık ve işyerinde gelişme arasındaki ilişkide firma büyüklüğünün bilinçli farkındalığın işyerinde gelişme üzerindeki etkisini azaltan bir etki gösterdiği, büyük firmalarda bilinçli farkındalığın işyerinde gelişme üzerindeki etkisinin küçük firmalara göre daha az olduğu gözlenmiştir. Bunun yanında çalışan farkındalığı ile işyerinde gelişme arasındaki ilişkide çalışanların cinsiyet, yaş ve eğitim durumlarını içeren demografik değişkenlerin anlamlı bir etkisine rastlanmamıştır.

Keywords

Bilinçli Farkındalık, İşyerinde Gelişme, Cinsiyet, Firma Büyüklüğü, PLS-SEM.

Ethical Statement

Çalışma kapsamında veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılan anket formu ve uygulanması ile ilgili olarak Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimlerde İnsan Araştırmaları Etik kurulundan etik kurul izni alınmıştır.

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