Understanding the Linkage between Social Capital and Work Alienation: A Mediation Model of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of social capital and self-efficacy on work alienation and the mediation role of self-efficacy in the relation between social capital and work alienation. Depending on the purpose of the research, first a large literature search was made on concepts and theoretical background was given. Then, the first-hand data collection technique was preferred and the survey technique was applied to the employees of public hospitals operating in the health sector in Turkey. The data collected from 462 participants was used in the analysis of the study. As a result of the study, it was found that social capital and self-efficacy have a negative and significant relationship on work alienation. In addition, it was found that the relationship between social capital and work alienation was influenced by the self-efficacy variable, and self-efficacy had a partial mediation role in this relationship.