The Correlations between Servant Leadership Perceptions and Organizational Cynicism and Burnout Levels of Ankara Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Employees

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the correlations between servant leadership perceptions and organizational cynicism and burnout levels of the personnel of Ankara Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry. In March 2019, 300 employees had taken a survey within this context. The data from the research had been analyzed via SPSS program. In this study, t-test analysis was used to examine servant leadership, burnout and cynicism levels according to the sex, marital status, age, income levels, and position levels of the employees. Analysis of variance was used to examine employees by their profession. Sidak dual comparison test was used to determine the groups which were different. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relations between servant leadership, burnout and cynicism levels. It was determined that servant leadership levels did not change by the sex or marital status of the participants. According to the marital status of the participants, burnout changed to a level of desensitization, a sub - dimension of burnout. In the study, it was seen that participants’ servant leadership perception levels and cognitive, affective and behavioral cynicism levels had a negative, significant correlation. Furthermore, it was observed in the study that the participants’ servant leadership perception levels and affective burnout and desensitization; the sub dimensions of burnout, had a negative, significant correlation. However, between servant leadership perception levels and individual achievement, a very low, positive significant correlation was seen.

Keywords

• Servant leadership
• Organizational cynicism
• Burnout

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