The Effect of the Psychological Capital on Subjective Well-Being: A Research at Manufacturing Sector

In this study, psychological capital and subjective well-being concepts and the relationships of these concepts with each other were examined and a field study was conducted on manufacturing sector workers. In the study, in line with the purpose of analysing the effect of employees psychological capital on subjective well-being. a research has been conducted on 460 employees of large-scale enterprises operating in the manufacturing sector in Konya, based on the survey method through convenience sampling. 439 completely filled ones of the questionnaire forms delivered were entered in the SPSS package and the data set was formed. In the study, the data was collected through face-to-face interviews with the respondent through a standard survey prepared taking into account the Likert scale. Psychological capital scale consisting of 24 expressions and 4 dimensions, which was developed by Luthans et al. (2007) and validated in Turkish by Çetin and Basım (2012), was used as the Psychological Capital Scale. As the subjective well-being scale, subjective well-being scale developed by Renshaw et al. (2015), validity and reliability in Turkish by Ergün and Nartgün (2017) was used. Reliability analysis was performed on the research variables, then the hypothesis of the research was tested by performing correlation and multiple regression analyzes to examine the relationship between them. According to the research findings, it was determined there is a statistically significant (p 0,05) and positive relationship between psychological capital and subjective well-being of manufacturing sector employees. Similarly, a statistically significant and positive relationship (r=+0,432) was found between subjective well-being and hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and psychological resilience, which are sub-dimensions of psychological capital