Investigation of the Organizational Commitment and Psychological Wellbeing Levels of Academicians

In this research, which aims to investigate the organizational commitment and

psychological well-being of academicians, the quantitative research method was

employed. The research was designed in the relational screening model. The

sample of the research consisted of 132 academicians at the Erzincan Binali

Yıldırım University located in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the

2018-2019 academic year. The research data were collected with the

organizational commitment and psychological well-being scales. The data of the

research were analyzed with the SPSS package program. The frequency, t-test,

one-way (ANOVA) analysis, correlation and regression analysis were applied in

the analysis of the data. According to the results reached in the study, the

psychological well-being levels of the academicians were found to be high, their

organizational commitment levels were at a moderate level. As it was analyzed

in terms of the sub-dimensions of the organizational commitment, the emotional

commitment of the academicians was found to be high, normative and the

attendance commitment was at a moderate level. According to another result

reached in the study, a positive significant relationship was encountered between

the psychological well-being levels of the academicians and their organizational

commitment levels. According to another result, the psychological well-being

levels of the academicians were a significant predictor on the emotional and

normative commitment, which are sub-dimensions of the organizational

commitment, but was not a significant predictor of the attendance commitment