(Serial Multiple Mediation of Organizational Cynicism and Life Satisfaction in the Relationship Between Job Autonomy and Job Performance in Health Employee)

Abstract

Purpose – The serial-multiple mediation of organizational cynicism and life satifaction in the impact of job autonomy on job performance. Design/methodology/approach – Research has been done towards employees of private hospital being active in Kırklareli province. Total 153 persons have participated in the research. SPSS 20.0 and Amos 20 package programs were used for data analysis. For testing hypotheses, it was tested with the IBM SPSS Process Macro application based on the bootstrap method. Findings – It is determined that job autonomy has a positive and meaningful effect on job performance and life satifaction. İt is determined that job autonomy has a negative and meaningful effect on organizational cynicism. Model 1, in the research, It have been found as total effect value 0,270, direct effect value 0,233 and total indirect effect value 0,037. Besides, in the research, due to including zero value of bootstrap confidence intervals (-0,003-0,007), it is determined that job autonomy isn’t the serial-multiple mediation role of congnitive cynicism and life satisfaction in the impact of job performance. According to other result of research, Model 2, It have been found as total effect value 0,270, direct effect value 0,206 and total indirect effect value 0,064. İn the research, due to including zero value of bootstrap confidence intervals (-0,004-0,012), it is determined that job autonomy isn’t the serial-multiple mediation role of c affective cynicism and life satisfaction in the impact of job performance. Discussion – In the research, it is determined to be relationships between job autonomy, job performance, organizational cynicism and life satisfaction variables. Previous studies in the literature is support this result. It is thought that job autonomy will have the serial-multiple mediation role of organizational cynicism and life satisfaction in the impact of job performance. However, in the results obtained, it has been tested that organizational cynicism and life satisfaction has no serial-multiple mediating effect.