Examination of Professional Commitment Level of Social Workers According to Some Variables

Objective: This study was conducted to examine work commitment of social workers up to some variables such as gender, age, income level, marital status, working time/duration etc. Method: Study was executed with 153 social workers via relational screening model. Personal information form and Professional Commitment Scale developed by Meyer, Allen and Smith (1993) were used in the study. Findings: Up to the research results; meaningful differences were found within the sub-dimension of professional commitment scale such as emotional commitment and professional commitment permanency with social workers’ income (p<0,05). Social workers with lower income than 3000 TL have lower affective professional commitment and continuous professional commitment. In another word, the more social workers’ income level arises, affective-professional commitment and continuous professional commitment level increases. According to the variable of organization, there is a meaningful difference found in continuous professional commitment. Therefore, continuous professional commitment of social workers who are working at Ministry of Health were found lower than the participants working for other institutions within the scope of study. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the professional commitment of the social workers differ according to variable of the income and the institution they work. There was no statistically significant relationship between gender, age, marital status, educational status, service years variables of employment and professional commitment of social workers. Amac: Bu arastirma, sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin mesleki bagliliklarini cesitli degiskenler acisindan (cinsiyet, yas, gelir durumu, medeni durum, calisma suresi vb.) incelemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Yontem : Iliskisel tarama modelinde planlanan calisma 153 sosyal hizmet uzmani ile gerceklestirilmistir. Calismada kisisel bilgi formu ve Meyer, Allen ve Smith (1993) tarafindan gelistirilmis olan Mesleki Baglilik Olcegi kullanilmistir. Bulgular: Arastirma sonucunda; sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin gelirleri ile mesleki baglilik olceginin duygusal mesleki baglilik ve mesleki devamlilik bagliligi alt boyutunda anlamli farklilik bulunmustur (p<0,05). Geliri 3000 TL’nin altinda olan sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin duygusal mesleki bagliligi ve mesleki devamlilik bagliligi daha dusuktur. Bir baska deyisle sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin aylik geliri arttikca duygusal mesleki bagliliklari ve mesleki devamlilik bagliligi artmaktadir. Sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin calistiklari kurulus degiskenine gore mesleki devamlilik bagliliginda anlamli bir farklilasma bulunmustur. Buna gore arastirma kapsamindaki sosyal hizmet uzmanlarindan Saglik Bakanliginda calisanlarin mesleki devamlilik bagliligi diger kuruluslarda calisanlara gore daha dusuktur. Sonuc: Calismanin sonuclarina gore sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin mesleki bagliliklarinin gelir durumu, calistiklari kurum degiskenine gore farklilastigi gorulmustur. Cinsiyet, yas, medeni durum, egitim durumu, calistiklari hizmet yili degiskenleri ile sosyal hizmet uzmanlarinin mesleki bagliligi arasinda istatistiksel olarak anlamli bir iliski bulunmadigi sonucuna ulasilmistir.