The Effect of Information and Communication Sector Employees' Person-Environment Adaptation on Their Attitudes Towards Work: The Mediation Role of Organizational Trust

Abstract

The effect of person-environment fit on the work attitudes of employees in the information and communication sector throughout Turkey is important in terms of organizational effectiveness and efficiency. In this context, the degree to which person-environment fit affects organizational trust and organizational trust on attitude towards work can also make a difference in employees' motivation and performance. For this purpose, an integrative model was developed and tested, suggesting that organizational trust mediates the effect of person-environment fit on employees' attitudes towards work. While developing the research hypotheses, they were based on the Condition Dependency Theory (CBK). The analysis of the data obtained with the applied survey method was made with SPSS 24.0. T Test and ANOVA method were used to measure the relationship between scale scores. Process analysis was applied for the mediation test, a model was created for each sub-dimension of person-environment fit and the mediating effect of each sub-dimension of the organizational trust mediator variable was examined. The analysis results showed that person-environment fit has an effect on attitude towards work and organizational trust has a mediating role in this effect. The findings support the developed research model. According to the analysis results, trust in colleagues was seen to be a strong determinant. In addition, it was determined that trust in the manager did not play a mediating role in any of the sub-dimensions of attitude towards work in the effect of person-environment fit on attitude towards work.