A New Concept as an Antecedent to Organizational Cynicism: Organizational Entropy

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of organizational entropy on organizational cynicism. The study sample comprises 300 employees working in businesses operating in the textile and apparel sector in Malatya. Using a relational model, the research analyzes the relationship between organizational entropy and organizational cynicism. The data collected from the study were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 18.0 package programs. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the research hypotheses. In this study, the scale developed by Brandes, Dharwadker, and Dean (1999) was used to determine employees' perceptions of cynicism. The scale developed by Çavuş (2021) was used to measure employees' perceptions of organizational entropy. According to the findings of the research, relational and processual entropy had substantial and significant positive effects on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral cynicism. This result reveals that organizational entropy is an important antecedent of organizational cynicism. Based on the study's findings, various suggestions have been presented for practitioners and researchers.

Keywords

• Entropy
• Organizational Entropy
• Organizational Cynicism

Örgütsel Sinizme Öncül Olarak Yeni Bir Kavram: Örgütsel Entropi

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı örgütsel entropinin örgütsel sinizm üzerindeki etkisini tespit etmektir. Çalışmanın örneklemini, Malatya'da tekstil ve konfeksiyon sektöründe faaliyet gösteren işletmelerde yer alan toplam 300 çalışan oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma, ilişkisel bir model kullanılarak örgütsel entropi ile örgütsel sinizm arasındaki ilişkiyi analiz etmektedir. Araştırma sonucu elde edilen verilerin analizi, SPSS 25.0 ve AMOS 18.0 paket programları kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Araştırma hipotezlerinin testinde yapısal eşitlik modeli kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, çalışanların sinizm algılarını belirlemek üzere Brandes, Dharwadker ve Dean (1999) tarafından geliştirilen ölçek kullanılmıştır. Çalışanların örgütsel entropi algılarını ölçmek için Çavuş (2021) tarafından geliştirilen ölçek kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre ilişkisel ve süreçsel entropinin, bilişsel, duygusal ve davranışsal sinizm üzerinde pozitif yönde güçlü ve anlamlı etkileri olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuç örgütsel entropinin örgütsel sinizmin önemli bir öncülü olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Araştırma sonuçları neticesinde uygulayıcılara ve araştırmacılara yönelik çeşitli öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Entropi
• Örgütsel Entropi
• Örgütsel Sinizm

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