Examination of the relationship between organizational justice perceptions and organizational cynicisim attitudes of physical education teachers

In this study conducted, it is aimed to examine the relationship between perceptions of organizational justice and their level of organizational cynicism of physical education teacher. A total of 150 physical education teachers, who are 53 females and 97 males, participated in the study. In the data collection process of the research, personal information form, 'Organizational Justice Scale' and 'Organizational Cynicism Scale' were used. In the analysis of the data obtained, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, independent group t test, one-way variance analysis, pearson moment correlation analysis and linear regression analysis in the SPSS 22.0 program were used. At the end of the study, it has been determined that organizational justice perceptions of teacher differed significantly according to the variables of gender, frequency of weekly exercise, school administrators' and other branch teachers' finding beneficial state of physical education and sports lessons, being in administrative positions in schools and marital status (p<0.05), on the contrary, their organizational justice perceptions did not differ significantly according to the variables of education level, age group and school type (p>0.05). It has been determined that organizational cynicism levels of physical education teachers differed significantly according to the variables of educational level, administrators' and other branch teachers' finding beneficial of physical education lesson (p<0.05), on the contrary, teachers' organizational cynicism levels did not differ according to the gender, age group, frequency of weekly exercise, being in a managerial position in schools, school type (full or half day) and marital status (p>0.05). In addition, it was found that there is a significant negative relationship between the organizational justice perceptions of physical education teachers and their organizational cynicism (p<0.05). As a result, it can be said that physical education teachers' high perception of organizational justice decreases the level of organizational cynicism.