The role of personality characteristics on the relationship between tendency of stigmatization and organizational commitment: A research on academic staff

In this study, the role of personality traits on the effect of stigmatization tendencies on organizational commitment was examined. The Big five personality inventory, which is frequently used in the literature, and the concepts of organizational commitment and stigmatization were examined together, and the effect of stigmatization tendency on employees' organizational commitment and whether personality traits had a mediator or moderator effect were investigated. Within the scope of the research, questionnaires were collected from 334 faculty members at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. The data obtained were analyzed with SPSS, Processs Macro, and the sub-dimensions of all three variables and the mediator or moderation effect were examined. According to the findings of the research, there are many mediator and moderator effects between discrimination, prejudice, labeling and psychological health, which are the sub-dimensions of stigmatization tendency, and affective, continuance and normative commitment, which are sub-dimensions of organizational commitment. Especially with the inclusion of five different sub-factors of personality, the results became more meaningful. One of the most important findings of the study is the presence of moderataed mediation effect. The relationship between prejudice and continuance commitment is mediated by emotional stability, while at the same time marital status plays a moderating role between emotional stability and continuation commitment. In the literature, few studies have examined the relationship between discrimination and organizational commitment. The relationship between stigmatization types such as prejudice, labeling and organizational commitment was examined and also the effect of personality traits on this relationship was investigated. Numerous relationships have been identified and interpreted individually. In this research, which is expected to be an important resource for future researchers, the Bootstrap method has been used.