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The Relationship Between Faculty Members’ Organizational Support Perceptions and Personal Growth Initiative Levels, The Mediating Role of General Self-Efficacy
(2022) Katıtaş, Sevda; Coskun, Basak; Karadaş, Halil
The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between organizational support perceptions and personal growth initiative levels of the faculty members working in Turkey and to examine the effect of self-efficacy perceptions in this relationship. The study was designed as a relational survey model. 346 faculty members from public universities in Turkey comprised the participants. The data was collected with General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Perceived Organizational Support Scale (POSS), Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II (PGIS-II). Descriptive analyses and structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the structural relations among the variables. It was observed that faculty members’ organizational support perceptions had a significant direct effect on their personal growth initiative levels; organizational support perceptions had a significant effect on general self-efficacy beliefs; and the effect of general self-efficacy beliefs on personal growth initiative levels was significant. It was evidenced that faculty members’ self-efficacy beliefs fully mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and personal growth initiative levels. These results are in line with the principles of Organizational Support Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. More research explaining the effect of organizational factors on self-efficacy and personal growth initiative is needed.
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The Relationship Between Teachers' Cultural Intelligence and Multicultural Education Attitude: The Mediating Role of Intercultural Sensitivity1
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2024) Katitas, Sevda; Coskun, Basak; Karadas, Halil
In this research, the relationship between teachers' cultural intelligence and multicultural education attitude was investigated with the mediating role of intercultural sensitivity. The main research aim was to contribute to the cultural intelligence and multicultural education literature. The research was conducted with a cross-sectional correlational method, and the data was gathered from 600 teachers working in the six of the provinces with the highest Syrian refugee population in Turkey. Convenient sampling and criterion sampling methods were employed in the sample design. In accordance with the aim of the research and criterion sampling method, the teachers with at least one Syrian student in their classes participated in the research. In the analysis of structural relationships among the variables, structural equation modeling was employed. Bootstrap method was used to estimate the effect size and confidence intervals and significance level. The research findings revealed that cultural intelligence had direct and indirect effects on teachers' multicultural education attitude through intercultural sensitivity. The results showed that intercultural sensitivity had a significant role in the relationship between cultural intelligence and multicultural education attitude. This result underlines the importance of interpreting intercultural sensitivity as a promising factor in developing positive attitudes for multicultural education.