Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine whether affective commitment has a mediator role in the relationship between organizational toxicity perceptions of the research assistants and job satisfaction. This study is a correlational survey model. The sample of the study consists of 253 research assistants, working at four state universities located in the Mediterranean Region in Turkey, who were selected by stratified sampling method. The data were collected through a questionnaire comprising four sections: demographic questions, the perceived organizational toxicity scale, job satisfaction scale and affective commitment scale. The relations between the perceived organizational toxicity, the job satisfaction and affective commitment were examined through Pearson correlation coefficient. That whether perceived organizational toxicity was a significant predictor of job satisfaction and affective commitment were examined using structural equation modeling. Findings show that there is a negative, moderate level and significant correlation among perceived organizational toxicity and job satisfaction, perceived organizational toxicity and the affective commitment. The perceived organizational toxicity is a significant predictor of job satisfaction and the affective commitment. Path analysis results indicated that affective commitment has a partial mediating role between that perceived organizational toxicity and job satisfaction.

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