PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND CAREER SUCCESS: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF MEANINGFUL WORK

B. Dilek Özbezek; Tayfur Ege; Subhı Kord Arabo

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ALGILANAN ÖRGÜTSEL DESTEK VE KARİYER BAŞARISI: İŞİN ANLAMLILIĞININ ARACILIK ROLÜ

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Mevcut çalışma, örgütsel davranış literatüründe sıklıkla tartışılan algılanan örgütsel destek, kariyer başarısı ve işin anlamlılığı kavramlarına odaklanmıştır. Çalışmanın temel amacı, akademisyenler bağlamında algılanan örgütsel desteğin kariyer başarısı üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymak ve bu etkide işin anlamlılığının aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Bu temel amaç doğrultusunda, İç Anadolu Bölgesi’ndeki bir devlet üniversitesinde görev yapan 282 akademik personelden anket tekniği kullanılarak veri toplanmıştır. Araştırma modeli ve hipotezlerini test etmek amacıyla istatistiksel analiziler IBM SPSS 25.0 paket programı ve Hayes (2018) tarafından geliştirilen PROCESS makro (v4.2) ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında elde edilen veriler, güvenirlilik analizi, açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, korelasyon ve bootstrap regresyon analizi gibi istatistiksel yöntemler kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Korelasyon analizi sonucunda, algılanan örgütsel destek, işin anlamlılığı ve kariyer başarısı arasında pozitif ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişkiler olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma hipotezlerini test etmek için gerçekleştirilen bootstrap regresyon analizleri sonucu elde edilen bulgular, algılanan örgütsel desteğin kariyer başarısı ve işin anlamlılığını; işin anlamlılığının da kariyer başarısını pozitif yönde anlamlı bir şekilde etkilediği göstermektedir. Son olarak, algılanan örgütsel desteğin kariyer başarısı üzerine etkisinde işin anlamlılığının aracılık rolüne sahip olduğuna dair destekleyici kanıtlar elde edilmiştir. Özellikle işin anlamlılığının, algılanan örgütsel desteğin kariyer başarısı üzerine etkisinde aracılık rolünün bulunması çalışmanın orijinal katkısıdır. Elde edilen bulguların önemli teorik ve pratik katkıları sonuç kısmında tartışılmaktadır.

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PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND CAREER SUCCESS: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF MEANINGFUL WORK

Abstract

The present study focuses on the concepts of perceived organizational support, career success and meaningful work, which are frequently discussed in the organizational behavior literature. The study’s main purpose is to examine reveal the effect of perceived organizational support on career success in the context of academics and to examine the mediating role of meaningful work in this effect. In accordance with this main purpose, data were collected from 282 academicians working at a state university in the Central Anatolia Region by survey method. Statistical analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS 25.0 and the PROCESS macro (v4.2) developed by Hayes (2018) to test the research model and hypotheses. The data obtained within the scope of the research have been evaluated using statistical methods such as reliability analysis, explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, correlation and bootstrap regression analysis. As a result of the correlation analysis, positive and statistically significant relationships were determined between perceived organizational support, the meaningful work, and career success. The findings obtained from the bootstrap regression analyses, which were conducted to test the research hypotheses, show that perceived organizational support significantly affected career success and meaningful work, and meaningful work significantly affected career success. Finally, supporting evidence was obtained that meaningful work has mediating role in the effect of perceived organizational support on career success. In particular, the study’s original contribution is the identification of the mediating role of meaningful work in the impact of perceived organizational support on career success. The important theoretical and practical contributions of the obtained results are discussed in the conclusion section.

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B. Dilek Özbezek ^*
0000-0001-7176-1534
Türkiye

Tayfur Ege
0000-0002-1741-722X
Türkiye

Subhı Kord Arabo
0000-0002-4747-2692
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April 26, 2026

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October 27, 2025

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February 25, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 27 Number: 2

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Özbezek, B. D., Ege, T., & Kord Arabo, S. (2026). PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND CAREER SUCCESS: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF MEANINGFUL WORK. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 27(2), 771-787. https://doi.org/10.37880/cumuiibf.1811986