title: Impact of self-orientations and work-context-related variables on the well-being of public- and private-sector Turkish employees.
abstract: The authors (a) explored the impact of individual differences in self-orientations (i.e., relatedness and individuation) of 383 Turkish public- and private-sector employees on their basic need satisfaction at work and their well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and psychological well-being); (b) considered differences in perceived autonomy- and relatedness-supportiveness of the work contexts; and (c) tested a model in which the relationship between self-orientations and well-being is partially mediated by the perceived supportiveness of the work context and the need satisfaction of employees at work, using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that self-orientations of employees predict their well-being both directly and indirectly through the mediation of perceived supportiveness and need satisfaction provided by the work context, which seem to vary according to sector type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. eolcay@metu.edu.tr
authors.forename: E Olcay
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Imamoğlu
authors.forename: Başak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beydoğan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D017149:Private Sector; D011582:Psychological Theory; D017150:Public Sector; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*