The mediator of energy and moderator effects of working conditions on the relationship between family motivation and intrinsic motivation and job performance and turnover intention: A study on health employees and sports

This study aims to examine the mediating effect of energy and moderator effects of working conditions on the relationship between family motivation and intrinsic motivation and job performance and turnover intention in Türkey. In this respect, the study is expected to fill the gap in the literature. The study was conducted with 261 healthcare employees and 255 sports employees in Trabzon and Gümüşhane by using the survey method. In the study, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used, and to test the hypotheses, regression analysis was used. The results of the analysis imply that in line with the theory and expectations, that among two employees with the same working conditions in a workplace, an employee with a higher family motivation or intrinsic motivation than the other employee will have higher job performance and lower turnover intention through energy. The results of this study indicate that the increase in the energy of the employees under bad working conditions increases the job performance and decreases turnover intention. Research model results point to the finding that energy is a mediating variable in the relationship between family motivation and job performance in healthcare workers. This mediating relationship was not found among sports employees. The study also found that there is a positive relationship between both family motivation and intrinsic motivation and energy. In the study, it was found that there is a positive relationship between energy and job performance, and that there is a negative relationship between energy and turnover intention. There was no significant relationship between energy and turnover intention in sports workers. Findings indicate that managers should provide a work environment that will increase family motivation, internal motivation and energy of the employee in the workplace, considering the positive individual results of family motivation, intrinsic motivation and energy. Keywords: Family Motivation, Intrinsic Motivation, Energy, Job Performance, Turnover Intention, Working Conditions