Abstract:

Today, it is striking that besides external factors such as physical conditions of the working environment, personal rights, career opportunities and salary, personal/internal factors such as job satisfaction, motivation, and value system also affect productivity in the workplace. Therefore, it was aimed in this research to determine the relationship between the work engagement levels of public employees and their just world beliefs. The study group consists of 164 public employees who work in different state institutions and organizations. Personal information form, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Personal and General Belief in a Just World Scale were used in data collection. A significant negative relationship was found between the work engagement scores and the just world belief scores of the participants (r = -.20, p<.01). Levels of just world belief do not differ according to whether employees' feeling of belonging to the workplace or their intention to leave the public service. The results were discussed in the light of other studies in the literature and some suggestions for the researchers were presented.

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