Shadows of nepotism and cynicism in corporate culture: An in-depth examination of their role in job satisfaction

Working life appears to us as the most important element needed in order for human life to be maintained at a certain level of well-being. One of the most basic features of working life is the presence of people in a working environment decoupled together. As a result of this situation, organizational relationships come to the fore. A number of problems faced by employees in organizational relations also attract attention. Nepotism and organizational cynicism are important concepts that have recently come to the forefront of these problems. In the process of rapid progress brought by competition in working life and achieving the projected success goal, it can always be encountered that people who do not have the qualifications required by the work are employed or promoted. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of nepotism and organizational cynicism levels on job satisfaction. The concepts of nepotism, cynicism in general, organizational cynicism and job satisfaction have been investigated in the context of literature review and dealt with extensively. Then, a study based on a survey conducted with the participation of academic staff working at foundation universities was conducted in order to analyze the relationships and effects of the concepts of nepotism and organizational cynicism with job satisfaction. In the study, the scales determined about nepotism, organizational cynicism and job satisfaction were prepared by the author and turned into a single questionnaire form. The prepared survey form was delivered to the participants online. According to the data obtained from the scales, statistical analyses were performed through the SPSS program.