The relationship between machiavellism and organizational cyni̇ci̇sm: An application on bank stuff in Kütahya

Machiavellianism which is a personality legitimating medium for pupose is one of the important actors of organizational politicy. While machiavelist directors who violate all the rules to achieve their goals leads to organizational cynicism in their staff, machiavelist individuals experience organizational cynicism if they cannot achieve their goals. The aim of this study is to determine the existence of the relationship Machiavellianism levels and Cynic attitudes of between the personnel in the sector inspected. Survey method was used in order to measure the relationship between Machiavellianism and Organizational Cynicism. The data were gathered from 174 personnel working at 69 branches of 16 different banks in Kütahya province and its towns. The findings of the research were evaluated by; frequency distributions were investigated by using unrelated t-test one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. At the end of the research, it was determined that there were low and medium-level directly significant relations between Machiavellianism and organizational cynicism and sub-dimensions of organizational cynicism. Key Words: Machiavellianism, Cynicism, Organizational Cynicism, Organizational Politics, Perceptions of Organizational Politics.