Impact of Self-Orientations and Work-Context-Related Variables on the Well-Being of Public- and Private-Sector Turkish Employees

İMAMOĞLU E. O., Beydogan B.

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.145, sa.4, ss.267-296, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 145 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00223980.2011.563328
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.267-296
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Balanced Integration-Differentiation Model, basic need satisfaction at work, employee well-being, public-private sector, relatedness-individuation, Self-Determination Theory, PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS, JOB CHARACTERISTICS, POSITIVE EMOTIONS, SATISFACTION, MOTIVATION, AUTONOMY, INDIVIDUALISM, LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONS, DISCREPANCIES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The authors (a) explored the impact of individual differences in self-orientations (i.e., relatedness and individuation) of 383 Turkish public- and private-sector employees on their basic need satisfaction at work and their well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and psychological well-being); (b) considered differences in perceived autonomy- and relatedness-supportiveness of the work contexts; and (c) tested a model in which the relationship between self-orientations and well-being is partially mediated by the perceived supportiveness of the work context and the need satisfaction of employees at work, using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that self-orientations of employees predict their well-being both directly and indirectly through the mediation of perceived supportiveness and need satisfaction provided by the work context, which seem to vary according to sector type.