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DOI :10.26650/imj.2020.89.0006   IUP :10.26650/imj.2020.89.0006    Full Text (PDF)

A Model Proposal to Prevent Professional Suicide in Organizations

Feyza Çağla Oran, Betül Balkan Akan

The concept of professional suicide is defined as creative, sociable, well-educated, intelligent people who suddenly take steps that will adversely affect their careers in the company with their own decisions. A significant part of the employees who have high talents, creative, entrepreneurial, innovative and open to change and high level of intelligence cannot be evaluated in organizations. Employees with these characteristics feel that they are deprived of being in a good position in accordance with their potential and are moving away from the organization. This situation causes professionel suicide. Purpose of the study; the aim of this course is to define professional suicide in organizations, to reveal the effects of professional suicide on organizations and to develop a model proposal about the elements to prevent professional suicide. It is thought that the research has the potential to provide a theoretical and conceptual basis for future applied studies in terms of preventing professional suicide.

Keywords: Professional Suicide, Job Quitting, Resignation, Burnout, Professional Career
DOI :10.26650/imj.2020.89.0006   IUP :10.26650/imj.2020.89.0006    Full Text (PDF)

Örgütlerde Meslek İntiharını Önlemeye Yönelik Bir Model Önerisi

Feyza Çağla Oran, Betül Balkan Akan

Meslek intiharı kavramı, yaratıcı, girişken, iyi yetişmiş zeki insanların, aniden kendi kararları ile işletme içindeki kariyerlerini olumsuz yönde etkileyecek adımlar atmaları olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Örgütlerde üstün yeteneklere sahip, yaratıcı, girişimci, yeniliklere ve değişime açık, zeka düzeyi yüksek çalışanların önemli bir kısmı değerlendirilememektedir. Bu özelliklere sahip çalışanlar potansiyellerine uygun iyi bir pozisyona gelemediklerinde değersizleştiklerini hissetmekte ve örgütten uzaklaşmaktadırlar. Bu durum meslek intiharına neden olmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı; örgütlerde meslek intiharını tanımlamak, meslek intiharının örgütlere olan etkilerini ortaya koymak, meslek intiharını önlemeye yönelik unsurlara dair bir model önerisi geliştirmeye yönelik olarak tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın, meslek intiharının önlenmesi açısından ileride yapılabilecek uygulamalı çalışmalara kuramsal ve kavramsal açıdan bir temel teşkil etme potansiyeli taşıdığı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords: Meslek İntiharı, İşi Bırakma, İşten Ayrılma, Tükenmişlik, Mesleki Kariyer

EXTENDED ABSTRACT


Background

In general, there are very few studies in the literature about occupational suicide in organizations and the negative effects of occupational suicide on organizations. Since the main loss experienced in the concept of professional suicide is the loss of qualified, promising and creative individuals, the main contribution to the institutions and employers is to use their qualifications within the strategic talent management for the future of the enterprise if the employees remain in the institution. The importance for the employees is to ensure that the individuals who are dedicated and creative to their profession stay in the flow and feel productive in a process in which they develop and strengthen themselves.

Purpose

The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of the concept of professional suicide in the institutional sense and to establish measures to prevent this situation which is seen in today’s enterprises but which is inadequate in taking measures and prevention. In this context, the process and stages of professional suicide were examined and a model was made considering the severity of these stages. In the stages until the suicide process, an approach method was tried to be developed for institutions and employees to prevent the process. Within the framework of the data explaining the process of occupational suicide, measures that can be taken to prevent occupational suicide are stated.

Method

A literature review was conducted for studies involving occupational suicide. The studies related to the subject that will support the study are mentioned. The relationship between occupational suicide and similar literature was tried to be explained by qualitative research.

Finding

In the stages until the suicide process, an approach method was tried to be developed for institutions and employees to prevent the process. Firstly, the reasons of the emergence of the concept of professional suicide within the organization are mentioned and the negative effect of the issue on the organizations is discussed and the importance level for the institutions is tried to be mentioned. The issues related to occupational suicide and the approaches that affect the concept prevention are presented. Then, a model proposal to prevent occupational suicide in organizations was presented by grading the stages of occupational suicide among employees.

Conclusion

It is thought that this study can be a source for human resources managers, company officials and researchers in terms of employee value and sustainability of employee productivity.


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