Cynicism in organizations and personal stress perception: A correlational screening research

Abstract

Nowadays, success appears as one of the quite poplar and ubiquitously looked for fundamental personal characteristics. In general, success is accepted as progress towards a desired result. Success motive is one of the essential causes that enables individuals pursue their objectives. It is observed that individuals with success desire and with need to satisfy this desire are easier to steer towards organizational purposes. In contrary to success, organizational cynicism term that expresses a negative attitude. In short, organizational cynicism term is defined as the negative attitude of individuals towards the organization and belief of individuals reflecting that the organization that the individuals work is far away from honesty. Organizational cynicism arises when individuals’ fundamental expectations such as sincerity, justice, and honesty are not met. In this context, organizational cynicism is interpreted as a reaction from workers against organizational policies and applications. The main purpose of this research is revealing the relationship and the level of relationship between two fundamental terms that are organizational cynicism and personal success, and in this sense, bringing a point of view in the name of effectiveness to organizations. A qualitative way is followed and descriptive correlational screening model is used in this study. The universe of research consists only Uskudar district of Istanbul city. The working group of the research consist of middle schools in Yavuz Turk neighborhood in Uskudar district. Data that are obtained in this research are analyzed using R version 3.3.0 and SPSS version 21.00 programs and findings that are obtained are interpreted in a tabular form. Based on the data revealed as a result of this research, there is a significant but small negative relationship between personal success and organizational cynicism. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.