The Mediating Role of Organizational Happiness in the Relationship Between Work Engagement and Life Satisfaction: A Study on Teachers

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 27 - 46, 03.12.2021

Semih Çayak

https://doi.org/10.33200/ijcer.852454

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of organizational happiness in the relationship between teachers' work engagement and life satisfaction. The research was carried out on a total of 767 teachers, 557 women (73%) and 210 men (27%). The data of the study were collected using the "Work Engagement Scale", "Organizational Happiness Scale" and "Life Satisfaction Scale". Descriptive statistics, Pearson moments product correlation coefficient, path analysis and bootstrapping procedure were used to test the significance of the mediating effect in the analysis of the data. As a result of the study, it was found that there is a positive significant relationship between work engagement, organizational happiness and life satisfaction. Bootstrapping result showed that organizational happiness has a partially mediating role in the relationship between work engagement and life satisfaction. It is thought that the results obtained can be used to increase the life satisfaction of teachers. In addition, it can be said that the results obtained from the research will be a guide for future studies.

Keywords

Work engagement, Life satisfaction, Organizational happiness, Mediating effect

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