The relationship between the organizational change cynicism and organizational commitment of teachers

The main aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the organizational change cynicism and organizational commitment levels of teachers working in primary schools and elementary schools in Denizli province (Merkezefendi and Pamukkale towns). In addition to this, it was investigated whether the organizational change cynicism and organizational commitment levels of teachers have statistically significant differences in terms of factors such as gender, seniority, field, educational background and employment duration in the school. 352 teachers working in primary schools and elementary schools in Denizli province (Merkezefendi and Pamukkale towns) participated in this study. "Change Cynicism Scale" developed by Helvacı and Çavdar (2017) was used in order to determine the organizational change cynicism levels of teachers and "Organizational Commitment Scale" developed by Balay (2000) was used in order to determine the organizational commitment levels of teachers. The data gathered were analyzed with SPSS v18.0 statistical software. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Moment Correlation tests were used in order to analyze the data. According to the results, the organizational change cynicism levels of teachers are low and the organizational commitment levels of teachers are high. Also, the relationship between organizational change cynicism and organizational commitment levels is low, negative and significant.