| Abstract [eng] |
The relationship of psychological capital with leader-member exchange, socialization of newcomers and their psycological well-being Agnietė Šližytė Supervisor: Doc. dr. Irena Žukauskaitė Vilnius: Vilnius University, 2018, 90 p. Psychological capital is a set of individual resources associated with the desired employee attitudes, behaviors and performance. Employees with high psychological capital have high expectations about the results of their performance, faith in their ability to cope with emerging requirements. Falling into a new organization can become a considerable and difficult challenge, and the way a newcomer learns to do his job and socializes has a lasting impact on the success of further activities. Based on the fact that the socialization of newcomers, the quality of relationship with a leader and the psychological well-being are one of the cornerstones of ensuring effective workforce and its prosperity, the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship of psychological capital with leader-member exchange, socialization of newcomers and their psychological well-being in organization. The study included 112 newcomers of two service sector companies, among them 69 women and 43 men, the age range of the subjects ranged from 19 to 58 years. Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Leader-Member Exchange Scale (LMX), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) and Organizational Socialization Inventory were used in the questionnaire survey. It turned out that the psychological capital of newcomers is an important indicator in predicting the leader-member exchange, organizational socialization and psychological well-being: the higher psychological capital of newcomers – the better quality of the relationship with a leader, the socialization in the organization and the psychological well-being. The employees who have established better leader-member exchange are more likely to socialize and experience greater psychological well-being, but the quality of the relationships between a leader and a member affects neither the relationship of psychological capital with organizational socialization nor the relationship of psychological capital and psychological well-being of newcomers. The study allows to add knowledge about the predictive factors of the positive experience of newcomers, to confirm the importance of evaluating personal resources in the selection and socialization processes. |
