A Study of The Effects of The Workplace Spirituality on Employees in Organizations

Year 2021, Volume: 35 Issue: 1, 125 - 149, 15.01.2021

Zafer Adıgüzel , Fatma Sönmez Çakır , Ayşenur Atalay

https://doi.org/10.16951/atauniiibd.746341

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to research the effects of the variables of workplace spirituality and perceived organizational support on the variables of organizational citizenship and job control. Workplace spirituality is the existence in an organization of a culture that encourages the experiences of employees throughout job processes and that will gain for them a desire to work. Job control expresses an employee’s perceived level of authority to make decisions, the opportunities to use their knowledge and skills, and the opportunities to participate in an event. Perceived organizational support organization employees’ feeling the existence of the organization in confidence and behind them. The existence of workplace spirituality and organizational support at every organization makes employees a part of the organization - citizens - and ensures job controls are healthy. A questionnaire comprising questions in a 5-point Likert scale were collected from 394 administrative personnel working at organizations (food companies) in the manufacturing sector. Within the scope of the research model, the data obtained were analyzed by IBM SPSS 25 and SPSS Process V3 plug-in. Validating Factor Analysis of Scale was carried out with the LISREL package program. As a result of analysis, the effects of workplace spirituality on job control and organizational citizenship and perceived organizational support on workplace spirituality-job control and workplace mediation effect has been revealed in spirituality- organizational citizenship relations.

Keywords

Workplace spirituality, Perceived organizational support, Organizational citizenship, Job control

İşyeri Maneviyatının Örgütlerdeki Çalışanlara Etkileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı, işyeri maneviyatı ve algılanan örgütsel destek değişkenlerinin örgütsel vatandaşlık ve iş kontrolü değişkenleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmaktır. İşyeri maneviyatı, çalışanların iş süreçleri boyunca deneyimlerini teşvik eden ve kendilerine çalışma arzusu kazandıracak bir kültür organizasyonundaki varlıktır. İş kontrolü, bir çalışanın karar verme yetkisini, bilgi ve becerilerini kullanma fırsatlarını ve bir etkinliğe katılma fırsatlarını ifade eder. Örgütsel destek organizasyonu çalışanlarının örgütün varlığını güvenle ve arkasında hissettiğini algıladı. Her kuruluşta işyeri maneviyatının ve örgütsel desteğin varlığı, çalışanları örgütün bir parçası haline getirir - vatandaşlar - ve iş kontrollerinin sağlıklı olmasını sağlar. Üretim sektöründe bulunan gıda firmalarında çalışan 394 idari personelden 5'li likert ölçeğinde sorular içeren bir anket toplanmıştır. Araştırma modeli kapsamında elde edilen veriler IBM SPSS 25 ve SPSS Process V3 eklentisi ile analiz edilmiştir. Ölçeğin Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi LISREL paket programı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda, işyeri maneviyatının iş kontrolü ve örgütsel vatandaşlık ve algılanan örgütsel desteğin işyeri maneviyat-iş kontrolü ve işyeri medikal etkisi üzerindeki etkileri maneviyat-örgütsel vatandaşlık ilişkilerinde ortaya çıkmıştır.

Keywords

İşyeri maneviyatı, Algılanan kurumsal destek, Örgütsel vatandaşlık, İş kontrolü

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