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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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Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Kamu Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
26 Nisan 2026
Gönderilme Tarihi
27 Ekim 2025
Kabul Tarihi
25 Şubat 2026
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2026 Cilt: 27 Sayı: 2