Alireza Moghaddam; Mahdi Mahmoudi Meymand
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Workplace deviant behavior is one aspect of organizational behavior which due to its cost, has grabbed the attention of organizational behavior experts in recent decades. Studies on the origin of workplace deviant behavior reveal that organizational cynicism is one of the most important factors which ...
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Workplace deviant behavior is one aspect of organizational behavior which due to its cost, has grabbed the attention of organizational behavior experts in recent decades. Studies on the origin of workplace deviant behavior reveal that organizational cynicism is one of the most important factors which affects deviant behavior. Workplace deviant behavior due to cynicism is influenced by the leadership style because the leader’s actions directly affect employee’s behavior. When employees perceive the relationship with their leader is valuable they may reciprocate by, for example, displaying more positive behavior. In contrast, when employees perceive underrated feedbacks by their supervisors, they are expected to respond in a negative way in order to restore the balance. This study investigates the effect of organizational cynicism on the tendency towards deviant behaviors and the moderating effect of leader-member exchange between organizational cynicism and tendency to deviant behaviors. Using a sample consisting of 136 employees in an oil contracting company in Asaluyeh, this study found organizational cynicism affects positively on the tendency to deviant behaviors and leader-member exchange has moderating effect between organizational cynicism and tendency to deviant behaviors.
Morteza Moradi; HamidReza Jalilian
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Review of organizational cynicism is one of the most important behavioral issues that affect the performance and the efficiency of effective organizational effectiveness. Cynicism can have a variety of causes and consequences, this study aims to assess the causes and consequences of cynicism in the field ...
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Review of organizational cynicism is one of the most important behavioral issues that affect the performance and the efficiency of effective organizational effectiveness. Cynicism can have a variety of causes and consequences, this study aims to assess the causes and consequences of cynicism in the field of organizational change. Research purpose and use and the nature and descriptive-survey correlation. The study population consisted of all hospital Mehr Malayer (180) persons. Based on Morgan sampling table 123 personas as samples were selected. A questionnaire tool whose reliability was assessed by Cranach's alpha of 7.0 assessment was approved. Validity was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. To test the hypotheses by LISREL software and structural equation modeling was used. The results of tests show, injustice caused organizational cynicism. The relationship between boss and subordinate is inversely related to organizational cynicism. Organizational cynicism on attitudes related to work organization and had negative effect. Organizational cynicism increased alienation. Organizational cynicism unethical behavior and emotional exhaustion and turnover intentions had positive effect. But the perceived support and psychological breach of contract did not have a significant effect on organizational cynicism.
Mehdi Haghighi Kafash; Nader Mazloumi; Farzaneh Mirzamohammadi
Volume 21, Issue 64 , August 2011, , Pages 117-139
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Should the human resource managers be concerned about cynicism and should they attempt to respond to it or not, depends mostly on whether cynicism has any negative effects on employees or their organizations. Many researchers have found that there is a relation between organizational ...
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Should the human resource managers be concerned about cynicism and should they attempt to respond to it or not, depends mostly on whether cynicism has any negative effects on employees or their organizations. Many researchers have found that there is a relation between organizational cynicism and many variables such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational alienation, and organizational citizenship behavior. As many studies have shown, Cynicism has been associated with negative consequences respectingthe employees. Employees that are cynical about their organization, experience a variety of negative emotions, including distress, disgust and even shame when they think of their organizations. Thesenegative emotions result in emotional fatigue and depression. In this study it is attempted to investigate the causes and consequences of organizational cynicism in the Parsian Electronic Commerce Company. For the testing of research hypotheses, structural equation model (SEM) was used. The test results indicated that psychologicalcontract violation, organizational justice, and perceived organizationalsupport, affect the employee’s organizational cynicism; also thatorganizational cynicism has an effect on employee’s organizationalcommitment, organizational citizenship behavior, and theircounterproductive work behavior.
