A Study on the Mediating Role of Covid-19 Fear in the Effect of Proactive Personality on Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Organizations that can adapt to the rapidly changing environment in today's global working life are achieving success. Keeping up with change is achieved by anticipating the future, but being ready for the future. Thus, the success achieved in the face of change affects the happiness of life and organizational success. The concepts of life satisfaction that are identified with being happy with a proactive personality, which can be explained by being prepared in advance, are also very important both in social life and in organizational life. In the study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between proactive personality and life satisfaction as well as to measure the mediating effect of Covid-19 fear on this relationship. For this purpose, the data obtained from the students of Ondokuz Mayıs University Vocational School of Health Services by the survey method were analyzed with the Structural Equation Model (SEM). As a result of the analysis of the data, positive relationships were detected between proactive personality and life satisfaction, while fear of Covid-19 was partially mediated negatively by these variables.