(The Mediating Role of Turnover Intention on the Effect of Perceived Job Insecurity on Life Satisfaction)

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyse the mediating role of turnover intention on the effect of civil servants’ perceived job security on life satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the correlational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in order to determine whether perceived job insecurity has an effect on life satisfaction or not. For this purpose, data was collected from 425 people working in public institutions in Konya province through simple random sampling using questionnaire method. Data of the study were collected between the months of October and December in 2019. Perceived job security scale developed by De Cuyper and colleagues (2010) and used by Seçer (2011) was used in order to measure perceived job security. The scale developed by Mobley (1977) was used for the purpose of identifying turnover intention. The scale developed by Diener and colleagues (1985) and adapted to Turkish by Köker (1991) was used in order to measure life satisfaction. Reliability analysis was performed on the research variables, then the hypotheses of the research was tested by performing correlation and multiple regression analyzes to examine the relationship between them. Findings – Research findings suggest that civil servants’ perceived job insecurity has a positive impact on turnover intention and a negative impact on life satisfaction. Similarly, it was found out that civil servants’ turnover intention and perceived job insecurity have a negative effect on life satisfaction. Moreover, it was observed that turnover intention has a mediating role on the effect of perceived job insecurity on life satisfaction. Discussion – Taking these results into account, this study discusses the variables of perceived job insecurity, life satisfaction and turnover intention altogether. It was seen that there is no other study that covers these variables at the same time, which increases the quality of this study. In the future, it is recommended that these variables be addressed with different variables and private sector employees as a research topic.