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The aim of this study is to determine relationship between work engagement and organization support perception and is to test whether level of work engagement is a difference according to demographic variables. In addition, another aim of the study is to determine the moderating role of gender in the effect of organizational support perception on work engagement. The sample of the study consists of 375 working participants in Balıkesir. Research data were collected in February-March 2019. According to the results of the research, there is a positive significant relationship between organizational support perception and work engagement. t-test results showed that the level of work engagement differed by gender. It was determined that gender has moderator role in relation of organizational support perception and work engagement. The effect of organizational support on work engagement is β= ,5965 t = 9,1764 for women, while it is β = ,3759 t = 6,1706 for men. It is possible to say that as women's perceptions of organizational support increase, their level of work engagement will be affected more than men.

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