Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of teaching staff related to organizational cynicism and organizational commitment and to provide some recommendations in order to reduce organizatonal cynicism as well as to increase organizational commitment. Furthermore, by determining the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational cynicism, it aimed to identify to what extent organizational cynicism predicts organizational commitment. For this purpose, organizational cynicism and organizational commitment perceptions of teaching staff were observed as a "medium-degree”. It was also observed that there was a negative and meaningful relationship between organizational cynicism and organizational commitment at the middle degree. The regression analysis revealed that organizational cynicism explains the perception of organizational commitment. Based on the results, some recommendations were presented by taking into the consideration of the purpose the purpose of the study.

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