Research Article

The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors

Number: 68 June 27, 2025
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The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors

Abstract

The study investigates the impact of organizational climate on deviant behaviors and alienation. It examines how employees' perceptions of their work environment influence both personal and organizational deviance and feelings of alienation. The research posits direct relationships between organizational climate and organizational alienation, organizational climate and deviant behaviors, and alienation and deviant behaviors. Additionally, it suggests that organizational alienation mediates the relationship between organizational climate and deviant behaviors. Data were gathered from 274 employees in various service sectors in Muğla Province, Turkey. Only commitment and recognition dimensions of the organizational climate constructed by Stringer (2002) were validated. The findings indicate that the commitment and recognition dimensions are significantly related to organizational alienation. Notably, a positive relationship between the commitment and organizational alienation emerged as a key result. Furthermore, the study concludes that organizational alienation fully mediates the relationship between organizational climate dimensions and both personal and organizational deviance.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Labor and Organisition Sociology

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

June 27, 2025

Publication Date

June 27, 2025

Submission Date

July 9, 2024

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 68

APA
Şekerli, E. B. (2025). The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 68, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1512914
AMA
1.Şekerli EB. The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;(68):1-17. doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1512914
Chicago
Şekerli, Eyüp Bayram. 2025. “The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 68: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1512914.
EndNote
Şekerli EB (June 1, 2025) The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 68 1–17.
IEEE
[1]E. B. Şekerli, “The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors”, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 68, pp. 1–17, June 2025, doi: 10.53568/yyusbed.1512914.
ISNAD
Şekerli, Eyüp Bayram. “The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 68 (June 1, 2025): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1512914.
JAMA
1.Şekerli EB. The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;:1–17.
MLA
Şekerli, Eyüp Bayram. “The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 68, June 2025, pp. 1-17, doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1512914.
Vancouver
1.Eyüp Bayram Şekerli. The Effect of Organizational Climate on Organizational Alienation and Destructive Deviance Behaviors. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025 Jun. 1;(68):1-17. doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1512914

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