İşten Sıkılmanın İnternet Bağımlılığı, İş Tatmini ve Örgütsel Yalnızlık ile İlişkisinde Kişilik Özelliklerinin Aracı Rolü
The Mediating Role of Personality Traits in the Relationship between Job Boredom and Internet Addiction, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Loneliness

Summary/Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationships among the variables of job boredom, internet addiction, job satisfaction, organizational loneliness and personality traits; and to determine whether personality traits has a mediating role between job boredom and internet addiction, job boredom and job satisfaction, and job boredom and organizational loneliness. Design/methodology/approach - Research data were collected by online and face-to-face survey method with the participation of 360 employees working in six public institutions operating in Ankara. Analyzes were made with the SPSS 24 program. Correlation and regression analyzes were performed for the analysis of the relations between the variables. Findings – According to the results of correlation analysis it is reveal that there is a negative relationship between job boredom and job satisfaction and there are positive relationship between job boredom and internet addiction, and job boredom and organizational loneliness. In addition, with regression analysis, it was concluded that personality traits have a partial mediating effect between job boredom and internet addiction, job boredom and job satisfaction, and job boredom and organizational loneliness. Discussion - In line with the results obtained from study, the level of boredom has a negative relationship with the job satisfaction of the employees and a positive relationship with the internet addiction and organizational loneliness. In other words, it can be concluded that as job boredom increases, job satisfaction decreases, internet addiction and organizational loneliness increase. In addition, the personality traits of the employee partially affect these effects. As a result, it is thought that it may be beneficial for the organization to carry out activities to reduce boredom by taking into account the personality characteristics of the employees.

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