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DOI :10.26650/iukad.2020.0004   IUP :10.26650/iukad.2020.0004    Full Text (PDF)

The Effect of Women Academics’ Political Skill on Work-Family Conflict and FamilyWork Conflict: The Case of Foundation Universities

Lina Karabetyan

Today, political skill is defined as a positive power for the employees of an organization to achieve success in terms of business and career. Employees who develop political skills quickly adapt to changes in the workplace, gain the trust of other employees, and therefore, more easily achieve personal goals. Employees with such personalities also have more success in maintaining a work-life balance and in producing effective solutions in work-family and family-work conflicts as a result of their political skills. The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of the political skill levels of female academics serving in Istanbul foundation universities on their work-family and family-work conflict, which is the main element of work-life balance. As a result of the regression analysis, when an employee’s political skill increased by 1.0 unit, their work-family conflict decreased by 0.382 units and their family-work conflict declined by 0.426 units.

DOI :10.26650/iukad.2020.0004   IUP :10.26650/iukad.2020.0004    Full Text (PDF)

Kadın Akademisyenlerde Politik Becerinin İş-Aile Çatışması ve Aile-İş Çatışması Üzerine Etkisi: Vakıf Üniversiteleri Örneği

Lina Karabetyan

Günümüzde politik beceri, örgüt çalışanlarının iş ve kariyer açısından başarı elde etmeleri için olumlu bir güç şeklinde tanımlanmaktadır. Politik becerisi gelişmiş olan örgüt çalışanlarının, örgütte ortaya çıkan değişikliklere karşı hızlı bir şekilde uyum göstermeleri, diğerlerinin güvenini sağlayabilmeleri ve sonucunda bireysel hedeflere ulaşabilmeleri kolaylaşrmaktadır. Bu tarz kişilik sahibi çalışanlar, iş-yaşam dengesini sağlamada da başarı elde ederler, iş-aile ve aileiş çatışmalarında politik becerileri sayesinde etkili çözümler üretebilme kabiliyeti geliştirirler. Bu çalışmanın amacı, İstanbul’da hizmet veren vakıf üniversitesi kadın öğretim üyelerinin politik beceri düzeylerinin iş-yaşam dengesinin ana unsuru olan iş-aile ve aile-iş çatışması üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya koymaktır. Regresyon analizi sonucunda, politik beceri 1 br. arttığında iş-aile çatışması 0.382 br. azalmakta ve aile-iş çatışması 0.426 br. azalmaktadır.


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