The Role of Job Happiness In Reducing Organizational Cynicism An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of employees in the Basra Education Directorate
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المستخلص : يهدف البحث الحالي إلى دراسة السعادة الوظيفية بوصفها متغيراً مستقلاً بأبعادها المتمثلة بـ( التأثير الايجابي ، والتأثير السلبي ، والانجاز ) وبيان دورها في الحد من التهكم التنظيمي ، وقد تمثلت المنظمة (موضوع الدراسة) في ( مديرية تربية البصرة ) ، وانطلق البحث من تساؤلات عدة كان من أبرزها ( ما هو دور السعادة الوظيفية في الحد من التهكم التنظيمي ؟). ولتحقيق اهداف البحث تم صياغة نموذج نظري يضم متغيرين رئيسيين ، وصياغة مخطط فرضي يوضح طبيعة العلاقات ينهما ، وقد أستند الباحث على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، واستخدم الاستبانة الالكترونية كأداة لجمع البيانات وقياس متغيرات البحث وأبعاده من خلال منصة ( Google Forms) ، وقد وزعت (320 ) استبانة وفق أسلوب العينة العشوائية البسيطة على الموظفين في المديرية موضوع الدراسة ، وأسترجع منها ( 288) أستبانه صالحة للتحليل الإحصائي ، ولتحليل البيانات واختبار فرضيات البحث، تم الاستعانة بالبرنامج الإحصائي (spss. V.19) ، مع توظيف مجموعة من الاساليب إلاحصائية تمثلت بـــ ( الوسط الحسابي ، الانحراف المعياري ، معامل ارتباط بيرسون ، الانحدار الخطي البسيط و معامل كرونباخ ألفا ) ، واظهرت نتائج البحث مجموعة من الاستنتاجات كان من أبرزها ( وجود دور معنوي للسعادة الوظيفية في الحد من حالات التهكم التنظيمي )، كما أنتهى البحث بعدة توصيات من ابرزها( ضرورة تبني مختلف ممارسات واساليب تعزيز السعادة الوظيفية بما يسهم في الحد من مظاهر التهكم التنظيمي ، وتحويل مشاعر القلق والاحباط لدى الموظفين إلى طاقات ايجابية تعزز الحماس ، إلانجاز وتحسن مستوى الاداء التنظيمي )
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