A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationships between Work-Related Affective Feelings Expressed by Workers in Turkey

Erman Çakıt, Waldemar Karwowski, Tadeusz Marek, Magdalena Jaworek and Grzegorz Wrobel
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Erman Çakıt: Department of Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara 06570, Turkey
Waldemar Karwowski: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Pegasus Dr., Orlando, FL 12800, USA
Tadeusz Marek: Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, 30-252 Krakow, Poland
Magdalena Jaworek: Institute of Economics, Finance, and Management, Jagiellonian University, 30-252 Krakow, Poland
Grzegorz Wrobel: Faculty of Management, University of Information Technology and Management, 35-225 Rzeszów, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: Understanding employees’ feelings at work plays a significant role in developing practical and effective organizational and human resource management policies and practices. Furthermore, work-related emotions may have a considerable effect on workers’ health and wellbeing and affect work effectiveness and work performance. The objectives of the current study were to investigate the relationships among four work-related (WOR) affective feelings (WORAF) and to validate the WORAF questionnaire in a Turkish sample. A survey was performed including four constructs: (1) WOR feelings of happiness, (2) WOR feelings of anxiety, (3) WOR feelings of anger, and (4) WOR feelings of dejection. A total of 322 workers from various companies in Turkey completed a paper-based survey. A research model was developed, and its main components were estimated with partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results revealed that dejection and anger at work play a critical role in experienced anxiety in occupational settings. Similarly, dejection, anger, and anxiety at work play a crucial role in perceived happiness at work.

Keywords: work-related affective feelings; feelings at work; PLS-SEM; modeling; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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