The nediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of flexible working on innovative behavior

The aim of this study is to analyze the mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of flexible working on innovative behavior. Data were collected from 388 employees working in the public and private sectors in Aksaray with the questionnaire prepared in line with the purpose of the research. The Attitude Scale Towards Flexible Working Arrangements, developed by Albion (2004) and translated into Turkish by Çamlı (2010), was used to measure the employees' attitudes towards flexible working. The Innovative Behavior Scale developed by Scott and Bruce (1994) based on the work of Kanter (1988) was used. The data obtained by using the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, which was developed by Weiss et al. (1967) and translated into Turkish by Baycan (1985), was analyzed to measure the job satisfaction of the employees. The most important finding reached as a result of the study; It has been determined that job satisfaction does not have a mediating role in the effect of the attitudes of employees in the public and private sectors towards flexible working arrangements on innovative behavior in Aksaray. In addition, it was found that the attitudes of the employees towards flexible working arrangements differ significantly according to demographic characteristics such as age, gender and seniority on the mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of innovative behavior.