THE IMPACT OF RELATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE CAPACITY AND POLITICAL SKILL ON CAREER SATISFACTION

Abstract

Employees with high resilience capacity and political skills can make positive contributions to workplace culture by supporting both their individual success and the overall success of the organization. Particularly in complex and competitive work environments, understanding the effects of these factors on career satisfaction helps leaders and human resource managers make more informed decisions regarding employee development and workplace improvement plans. In this way, significant gains can be achieved in terms of both employees' personal career goals and organizational sustainability and efficiency. the aim of this study is to examine the impact of relational and operational resilience capacity and political skill on career satisfaction using the structural equation model for 515 white-collar employees. As a result of the correlation analysis, relational and operational resilience capacity was found to have a positive and significant relationship with career satisfaction at a rate of 33.1% (r=0.331, p<0.01), while political skill was found to have a positive and significant relationship with career satisfaction at a rate of 31.8% (r=0.318, p<0.01). According to the results of the structural equation model, relational and operational resilience capacity has a positive and significant effect on career satisfaction (β=0.361, p<0.01). Similarly, political skill has a positive and significant effect on career satisfaction (β=0.330, p<0.01). Thus, hypotheses H1 and H2 have been accepted.  When examining the coefficient values, relational and operational resilience capacity emerged as a more influential factor on career satisfaction compared to political skill.