A research study investigating the reflections of employees' status anxiety on work attitudes

Today, changing and developing technological developments, rapid developments in communication and IT areas have changed the success criteria of organizations. In the intensely competitive environment, one of the most valuable resources that organizations have is employee capital. Managers must ensure that employees have their commitment to work and organization and satisfy their work. They should also minimize the concerns of employees' status and intentions to leave from work. Statu is about the features of people in social life. In business life, the status represents the location of the individual in the organization and the location of the hierarchical structure. It is called status anxiety if the employee is concerned about losing the current status or moving up. The aim of this study is to test the effect of status anxiety, which is considered as an independent variable, on the dependent variables: job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave. Another aim is to reveal the relationship between employees' demographic characteristics and their status anxiety and stated job attitudes. In the method of research, data collected through survey from 237 people. The data collected using Jamovi program is analyzed. According to the findings of the research, there was no significant relationship between status anxiety and job satisfaction and organizational commitment. However, a significant and positive relationship was found between status anxiety and intention to leave. Key words: Status, status anxiety, work attitudes, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, intention to leave work