THE MODERATOR ROLE OF WORKPLACE FRIENDSHIP IN THE EFFECT OF RUMINATION ON STRESS

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to explain whether workplace friendship has a moderating effect on the relationship between rumination and work stress. For this purpose, the academic staff working at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University were taken as a sample in the study and the survey technique was used as the data collection technique in the research. The number of teaching staff working at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University is 1464, which constitutes the universe of this study. In this study, 242 lecturers, the sample of the research, were reached and the questionnaires were applied by using the face-to-face and online questionnaires sent to the academic staff via e-mail. The questionnaire form has 49 questions in total and consists of four parts. The first part of the questionnaire consists of demographic questions belonging to academicians. The second part of the questionnaire includes the Ruminative Thinking Style Scale, the third part includes the Work Stress Scale, and the fourth part includes the Workplace Friendship Scale. Data were collected by online survey method. Analyzes were made on the collected data. As a result of the analyzes, it was revealed that workplace friendship has a moderating effect between rumination and stress. As a result of the research, it was determined that ruminative behaviors increased the stress even more as the workplace friendship among the employees increased. In this study, 242 lecturers, who constitute the sample of the research, were reached, and face-to-face and online questionnaires were applied.