WORKPLACE MOBBING AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: AN INVESTIGATION ON EMPLOYEES OF THE PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF YOUTH AND SPORTS IN TURKEY

Authors

  • Bekir S. Yildiz M.Sc., Mugla Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports, Turkey
  • Sevim Güllü PhD, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Turkey
  • Rabia Kaya M.Sc., Nişantaşı University, School of Physical Education and Sports, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v0i0.2882

Keywords:

mobbing, organizational commitment, employee, sport organizations

Abstract

Mobbing and organizational commitment are among the issues that concern sports businesses as in every profession. In this study, the effects of mobbing on organizational commitment of employees working in public institutions that provide sports services were examined. This research was attended by employees working in the youth and sports directorate, in Turkey. The mobbing scale developed by Yildiz (2019) and the organizational commitment scale developed by Meyer and Allen (1991) were used in the study. First, the reliability analysis of the scales was made, and the reliability coefficients were seen as quite high. Afterward, correlation and regression analyses were performed on the data. As a result, it has been observed that mobbing affects the employees' organizational commitment significantly and negatively.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Bekir S. Yildiz, M.Sc., Mugla Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports, Turkey

    Bekir S. Yildiz is a Sports Facility Director in Mugla Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports, Turkey. He has a master’s degree and his research area is organizational behavior in sports.

  • Sevim Güllü, PhD, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Turkey

    Sevim Güllü is an Associate Professor at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Sport Sciences. She works in the field of sports management and has several articles in this field.

  • Rabia Kaya, M.Sc., Nişantaşı University, School of Physical Education and Sports, Turkey

    Rabia Kaya is a Research Assistant at Nişantaşı University, School of Physical Education and Sports. She works in the field of sports management.

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2020-02-26

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