Research Article

Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools

Volume: 8 Number: 2 June 30, 2019
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Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the level of secondary school teachers in participating to the decision making process, organizational cynicism and the relationships between these two variables. The participants of the research, which was conducted in the relational screening model, consisted of 14 secondary schools selected by the random sampling method in the Erzurum Province Yakutiye District and 289 teachers working in various branches in these schools. Two types of data collection tools, named as Decision-making Participation and Organizational Cynicism Scale, were used in the research. According to the findings gathered in the research, the level of participation of teachers in the decision making process is high and the level of organizational cynicism is low. It was found out that the scores of the teachers' participation in the decision making process and the organizational cynicism a moderately negative correlation; organizational environment with dimensions of participation in decision-making process and individual attitudesexplained about 33% of the variance in organizational cynicism.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2019

Submission Date

July 16, 2018

Acceptance Date

February 9, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Yıldırım, İ., Akan, D., & Yalçın, S. (2019). Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 8(2), 487-506. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.444354
AMA
1.Yıldırım İ, Akan D, Yalçın S. Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools. BUEFAD. 2019;8(2):487-506. doi:10.14686/buefad.444354
Chicago
Yıldırım, İsa, Durdağı Akan, and Sinan Yalçın. 2019. “Participation in Decision-Making Process As A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 8 (2): 487-506. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.444354.
EndNote
Yıldırım İ, Akan D, Yalçın S (June 1, 2019) Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 8 2 487–506.
IEEE
[1]İ. Yıldırım, D. Akan, and S. Yalçın, “Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools”, BUEFAD, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 487–506, June 2019, doi: 10.14686/buefad.444354.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, İsa - Akan, Durdağı - Yalçın, Sinan. “Participation in Decision-Making Process As A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 8/2 (June 1, 2019): 487-506. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.444354.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım İ, Akan D, Yalçın S. Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools. BUEFAD. 2019;8:487–506.
MLA
Yıldırım, İsa, et al. “Participation in Decision-Making Process As A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 487-06, doi:10.14686/buefad.444354.
Vancouver
1.İsa Yıldırım, Durdağı Akan, Sinan Yalçın. Participation in Decision-making Process as A Predictor of Organizational Cynicism at Schools. BUEFAD. 2019 Jun. 1;8(2):487-506. doi:10.14686/buefad.444354

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