The aim of the study was to answer whether there is a relationship between organisational cynicism and communication. Organizational cynicism is considered to be an attitude towards those in power in an organization. Communication is analysed in its two aspects: “onstage”, where information is expected to be shared to achieve the company’s goals, and “offstage”, beyond the organizational rules and procedures, which mostly satisfies employees’ need for information. The flow of information is blocked “onstage” if employees keep silent and it flows freely offstage when they gossip. It was hypothesised that the cognitive aspect of the cynical attitude would predict negative gossip about superiors, and its affective aspect would predict employee silence. To verify the hypotheses, two correlational studies and one experimental study were conducted with participants recruited from different organisations (N = 472). The results showed that cognitive cynicism is related to an increase in negative gossip about a supervisor and partly support the expectation about relation between affective cynicism and employee silence. The results are discussed in the context of practical consequences of the relations between organizational cynicism and communication.
The manuscript presents an exploratory study on the possible sources of organizational cynicism among Polish teachers. A sample of 157 teachers participated in the study. The results show that important positive predictors of organizational cynicism among teachers are continuance commitment and work-family conflict, whereas affective commitment is a negative predictor.
Research background: Faculties of private universities are under immense working pressure, which causes stress and burnout. The job burnout triggers the psychological pressure, which increases the turnover intention. Purpose of the article: The undertaken study aims to evaluate the scale of burnout with its three-element model, which affects faculty members of private universities of Pakistan. This research also aims to examine the mediating effect of organizational commitment (e.g., affective, normative & continuance commitments), and moderating influence of subjective vitality in a relationship of job burnout and its constituents, for example exhaustion, efficacy & cynicism, and the turnover intention. Methods: The 712 responses were collected through a structured questionnaire from the junior and senior faculty members of private universities of Pakistan. The data was examined by using second order partial least square - structural equation approach - PLS-SEM. Findings & value added: The research findings exhibited that emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy have a direct significant influence on job burnout. The findings further demonstrated that the job burnout has a cogent and negative impact on faculty turnover intention. The findings demonstrated that elements of organizational commitment (e.g., normative, affective & continuance commitments) have a forceful serial mediating influence between burnout & its constituents for example exhaustion, efficacy & cynicism, and turnover intention. Finally, the findings have revealed that subjective vitality has a significant and positive impact as a moderating variable in a relationship between job burnout and turnover intention. This research has a long-term theoretical contribution, as it provides a novel conceptual framework, which can be replicated in different industries. Thus, this unique model provides the solution to reduce employees' turnover for other industries as well.
W artykule omówiono zmienne, które są ważnymi korelatami cynizmu organizacyjnego, oraz dokonano przeglądu wyników badań na temat zależności między tymi zmiennymi a cynizmem. Ukazano też wyniki badań własnych na temat związków cynizmu organizacyjnego z zaangażowaniem w pracę, przywiązaniem do organizacji oraz poszczególnymi wymiarami etyki pracy: stosunkiem do ciężkiej pracy i wiary w jej sens, do odraczania gratyfikacji, czasu wolnego i polegania na sobie, oraz przeprowadzono ich dyskusję.
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The article discusses variables that are considered to be essential correlates of organizational cynicism. Moreover, a review of research on the relationship among these variables is presented. The results of the authors’ research proved the existence of relationship between organizational cynicism and work engagement, organizational commitment, and individual dimensions of the work ethic: attitude to hard work and belief in its significance, delayed gratification, free time, and self–reliance. A discussion covering these topics is also included.
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