标题：The investigation of organizational cynism and organizational commitment perceptions of academic staff at higher education institutions offering sports education Spor eğitimi veren yükseköğretim kurumlarındaki öğretim elemanlarının örgütsel sinizm algıları ile örgütsel bağlılıklarının araştırılması
摘要：The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational cynism perception levels and organizational commitment levels of the academic staff from sports sciences departments at higher education institutions. The population of the study consists of all academic staff from sports sciences departments at higher education institutions and 396 sets of data (n=291 male, n=105 female) were collected from the academic staff.To determine the organizational cynism levels of the academic staff, an 13-item scale “Organizational Cynism Scale,” which was developed by Brandes, Dhalwadkar and Dean (1999) was utilized in the study. The reliability score was calculated as α=0.93 and the Turkish adaptation of the scale was also performed by Kalağan (2009). Besides, in order to determine the organizational commitment levels of the participants, an 18-item scale “Organizational Commitment Scale”, which was developed by Allen and Meyer (1996) and used in Turkish format by Belli (2014), was utilized in the study.The data were analyzed with SPSS 20.0 packet program. In addition to descriptive statistics, t-tests (Independent t-Test) and analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA) were carried out in order to identify the differences in terms of demographic variables. Tukey HSD test was utilized to specify the groups from which significant differences were derived and Pearson correlation test was also used in order to examine the relationship between variables. All findings were considered according to p<0.05 significance level in the study.The results of the study suggest that the organizational commitment levels of the academic staff are medium-degree and their organizational cynism perceptions are low. In terms of organizational cynism, some significant differences were found out regarding the length of time spent working at that institution, administrative function and change of title variables. On the other hand, there were also some significant differences in variables like gender, age and the length of time spent at that institution in terms of organizational commitment as well as administrative function and change of title variables, those being similar to the results of organizational cynism. Additionally, it was found out that there existed medium-degree and negative relationship between organizational cynism and organizational commitment.
