THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

The main purpose of this study was to determine the levels of organizational cynicism and commitment of the primary and secondary school teachers, the relationship between both variables and the effect of organizational cynicism on organizational commitment. Two-scale questionnaires were used and applied to a population of 316 teachers who work in Akhisar in Manisa. According to research results: organizational cynicism’s cognitive and behavioural dimensions are medium whereas it is lower in affective dimension. Organizational commitment is medium throughout all scale and on identification and internalisation dimensions whereas it is low on adaptation dimension. In addition, there was medium-leveled negative relationship between organizational commitment and cynicism. It is also observed that cognitive and affective dimensions of organizational cynicism predict all dimensions of the organizational commitment