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A Case Study on Empathic Tendency of Academicians in the Context of Interpersonal Relations
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Müge YAZGAN, Ebru Ö ZGEN
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DOI:10.17265/2160-6579/2017.01.005
Affiliation(s)
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
ABSTRACT
The originating of this study is to examine the empathic tendency of academicians. Having empathic tendency means it is easy to understand the feelings of the others and keeping up with the rapidly globalizing world. The research consists of screening model. The Scale of Empathic Tendency (SET), developed by Dökmen, was used as the data collection tool in this case study. In spite of not being taught, it is true that the education, cultural surroundings play a big role for the self development. Due to the relationship between impulse and response, interpersonal relations functions as multiple dimensions, one of which leads to empathic tendency. This study aims to make a survey on lecturers since they are the ones who play an important role for the pupils to be more successful in their future career. Total field under survey is 70 lecturers: Half of them are working at State and the other half at Private Universities in Istanbul, in Turkey. In spite of not observing big statistical differences between the two group Universities, according to Mann Whitney “U” test, it is so clear that having empathic tendency as lecturers affects classroom communication as the most important factor. This is the reason for the achievement of the students in their major. Furthermore, it gives an opportunity to get through the perception view of the others. This can give the perspective view of problem solving skills.
KEYWORDS
empathy, empathic tendency, self development
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