Fighting the "loneliness epidemic" in the workplace;the effect of workplace order: An empirical research on physicians working in Van Province

ABSTRACT

Workplace loneliness leads to errors and poor performance. Health is one of the sectors with the most severe consequences. Workplace arrangements where doctors spend most of their time need to be balanced between patient-doctor privacy and the doctor's feeling of loneliness. However, previous studies have been discussed at the psychological level. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of workplace order as a physical and concrete variable on loneliness in business life. The conceptual workplace layout was developed as an operational scale, and validity and reliability analyses were conducted. As the research universe, doctors working in Van Province, who spent most of their time in a working environment and heavy patient traffic, were selected. As a result, it has been determined that the scale of workplace design developed is a valid and reliable scale that can be used in organizational behavior research, and workplace privacy dimension (workplace allocation) affects loneliness at work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Turkish) Isyeri yalnizliginin olumsuz etkilerine ragmen duzen ve mahremiyet bazi islerde vazgecilmez ikilidir. Bu celiskilerin en vahim sonuclarinin oldugu sektorlerin basinda saglik gelmektedir. Doktorlarin is yeri duzenlemelerinin hasta-doktor mahremiyeti ile doktorun yalnizlik duygusuna suruklenmemesi arasinda dengelenmesi gerekmektedir. Bu calismanin amaci fiziki ve somut bir degisken olarak is yeri duzenin, is yasaminda yalnizlik uzerine etkisinin incelenmesidir. Calismada kavramsal olarak ortaya konulan is yeri duzeni, isletimsel bir olcek olarak gelistirilmis, gecerlilik ve guvenirlik analizleri yapilmistir. Arastirma evreni olarak zamanlarinin cok buyuk bir bolumunu muayenehane ortaminda ve yogun bir hasta trafigi icerisinde geciren, ayrica gunumuzde pandemiye donusen Corona virusu nedeni ile neredeyse 7/24 calisan Van Ilinde gorev yapan doktorlar secilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda gelistirilen Is Yeri Duzeni olceginin orgutsel davranis arastirmalarinda kullanilabilecek gecerli ve guvenilir bir olcek oldugu, is yeri duzeni mahremiyet (calisma alani tahsisi) boyutunun is yasaminda yalnizlik uzerinde etkili oldugu tespit edilmistir. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)