Abstract:

Positive psychological capital is defined as “the study and implementation of positive-oriented human resources and psychological capabilities that can be measured, developed and effectively managed to improve performance at work today.” In organizations, it focuses on individual characteristics and positive capabilities that can be developed and managed to improve performance. This study aims to determine the existing positive psychological capital levels of health workers in public hospitals and to determine whether the positive psychological capital subdimensions show significant differences according to demographic characteristics (gender, civil status, age, year of service, title, education status). In this context, the survey was carried out in 9 state hospitals located in the center of Tokat and districts, and 520 survey forms entered the scope of evaluation. According to the findings obtained from the research, it has been determined that all subdimensions (self-capacity, hope, optimism, endurance) have a high positive psychological capital. It is determined that by gender variable self-sufficiency, hope, optimism, endurance; by age variable self-sufficiency; by service time variable hope, optimism, endurance are significantly different. On the other hand, according to the variables of civil status, title and educational status, the subdimensions of positive psychological capital have not been found to make significant differences.