Abstract:

This research aims to examine the mediating role of burnout in the effect of workplace loneliness on organizational cynicism within the scope of conservation of resources theory. Following this aim, the research population is determined as teachers and data are obtained from 362 teachers between 21.05.2019 and 05.08.2019 using the convenience sampling method. In the research, demographic information form, workplace loneliness scale, burnout scale, and organizational cynicism scale are applied to the participants. The workplace loneliness scale contains two dimensions; social companionship and emotional deprivation. There are three dimensions in the organizational cynicism scale; affective, cognitive, and behavioral cynicism. The burnout scale consists of two dimensions. These are emotional exhaustion with depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. Relationships between variables are examined through the structural equation model. Research findings reveal that emotional deprivation positively affects affective, cognitive and behavioral cynicism. In addition, social companionship has negative effects on affective, cognitive and behavioral cynicism. Finally, while emotional exhaustion with depersonalization has a partial mediator role in the relationship between emotional deprivation and affective cynicism and cognitive cynicism, it has a full mediator role in the relationship between emotional deprivation and behavioral cynicism.

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