The effect of meaning of work on prosocial organizational behavior and meaning of life

The search for meaning can be treated as a process that begins from the moment a person enters the realm of being, an interaction, an effort to create a foothold. One of the most important factors that we encounter in this process is the job that the individual must have for the continuity of her vital activities. Assuming that a third of a person's life is spent asleep, half or more of their remaining time is spent in the work environmentIn this context, the work and the performance regarding the work have an essential part in people's seek for meaning. The main aim of the research carried out in this context is to examine the effect of the perception of working individuals towards the meaningfulness of work on the meaning of life. However, today's business managers increase their expectations for their employees every day and want them to improve the performance of their companies and businesses by giving them something extra. It is believed that in order for such a desire to be fulfilled, employees must first find meaning in their work and own their work. Therefore, another purpose of the research is to examine the impact of working individuals ' perception of the meaningfulness of work on prosocial organizational behavior. In this direction, the research was carried out within the framework of quantitative method and the survey was used as a data collection technique. The research universe was identified as those working in the city center of Düzce and the sampling method was taken due to the difficulty of reaching the entire universe. The sample of the research consists of 600 employees involved in the universe. As a sampling method, the easy sampling method was preferred. Within the scope of the research, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes were performed for the scales, and multivariate regression analyzes were used to test hypotheses. According to the results of the research, first of all, the prosocial organizational behavior scale was adapted to the Turkish language, and it was determined and confirmed that the scale was represented under 3 dimensions, which are role-defined prosocial organizational behavior, prosocial organizational behavior and individual prosocial behavior. According to the results of the analysis to test hypotheses, the variables that positively affect the existence of meaning in life are sorted in the form of meaningful work, humility and business relationships, while the variable that affects the search for meaning in life is the search for meaning at work. Considering the relationship between the meaningfulness of work and prosocial organizational behaviors, it was found that meaningful work, humility and business relationships are important variables that positively affect role-defined prosocial organizational behaviors. Similarly, the same variables have been found to have a positive effect on prosocial organizational behavior. In addition, it has been found that all variables that qualify the meaningfulness of work (meaningful work, humility, work relationships, searching for meaning at work) positively affect prosocial individual behavior. Therefore, hypotheses have been confirmed that the meaning of work affects the meaning of life and prosocial organizational behavior. Likewise, it has been confirmed that individuals' work orientations are important predictors in their search for meaning in their lives and their efforts to strengthen meaning, and that the aforementioned variables also direct employees' prosocial, organizational and individual behavior tendencies.