Abstract:

Positive psychology has raised a broad focus in the field of management. The concept of the meaning of life is one of the important concepts that positive psychology gives to the field of management. Research shows that people who find meaning in their lives are physically and mentally healthier. In terms of management discipline, this means working more energetic and happier. Similarly, "psychological capital" is another concept that is a positive reflection of positive psychology on organizations. In this context, the starting point of our research is: "Is this achievement of the individual who sees his life meaningful affecting the situations such as his self-capacity / hope / optimism / psychological endurance?" There was a question. The universe of this research is made up of persons working in the public transport sector on the European side in 2019 in Istanbul. The examples of the research are made by the public employees who work in the Esenler and Bakarköy district. The scale was developed by Steger, Frazier, Oishi and Kaler (2006) to measure the "life meaning existence" of employees. The Psychological Capital Measurement developed by Luthans and others (2007) was used to measure employees' perception of "Organized Psychological Capital". Following the correlation and regression analysis, a positive relationship between the perception of the meaning of the life of the employees and the four dimensions of the organizational psychological capital (self-capacity, hope, optimism, endurance) was identified. Thus it turned out that the existence of meaning in life of the individual affects all dimensions of the concept of organizational psychological capital in a positive direction.

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