Öz Merhamet, Dışsal Motivasyon, İçsel Motivasyon ve Performans Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi: Tekstil Sektöründe Bir Araştırma

Abstract

The concept of self-compassion is seen as a part of positive psychology and has recently become a current topic in the organizational behavior literature. Self-compassion is an individual's positive, loving and accepting attitude towards oneself. Self-compassion levels of employees in organizations can positively affect their intrinsic motivation and performance regarding their work. It is also predicted that it regulates the relationship between self-compassion, extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. The aim of this study is to examine the relationships and interactions between self-compassion, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, and performance variables. The interactions between the variables are handled within the scope of the moderating and mediating model. Quantitative research method was used in the research. Data were obtained using the questionnaire technique. Due to accessibility, time and cost constraints, the participants were reached with the convenience sampling method. The sample of the research consists of the employees in the textile businesses in Kahramanmaraş and data were collected from 393 participants. SPSS 25.0 and Process Macro programs were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it was seen that there were positive relations between the variables. With the analysis made to test the established models, it was determined that self-compassion had a moderator role between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. With this, it was found that intrinsic motivation had a partial mediating role in the effect of self-compassion on performance.The findings were discussed in the context of the literature and suggestions were made for future studies.