The examination of the relationship between the organisational exclusion of teachers and organisational cynicism behaviors

This research aims to reveal the relationship between teachers' perceptions of organizational cynicism and their levels of job alienation. The study utilized a relational survey design, which is one of the general survey models. The population of the research consists of 33,701 teachers working in 1,305 public and private schools in the central districts of İzmir. The "disproportionate cluster sampling" method will be used to determine the sample of the research. In this context, 380 teachers working in the 1,305 public and private schools in the population were selected as the sample of the study according to the rule of impartiality. As data collection tools, the "Organizational Cynicism Scale" developed by Brandes, Dharwadkar, and Dean (1999) and adapted into Turkish by Güzeller and Kalagan (2008), which consists of 13 items, and the "Job Alienation Scale" developed by Elma (2003), which consists of 38 items, were used. The data collected in the research were analyzed using the SPSS software package. In the analysis of the data, T-Test, ANOVA, Tukey HSD, Pearson Correlation Analysis, and Simple Linear Regression Analysis were used. As a result of the research, it was found that teachers' perceptions of organizational cynicism and job alienation did not show a significant difference in terms of demographic variables such as gender, professional seniority, educational level, and cadre status, whereas a significant difference was found in terms of variables such as educational attainment and duration of work at the institution. In this context, according to the results of the organizational cynicism scale, a significant difference was found against those who have worked at the institution for 1-5 years compared to those who have worked for 6-10 years and 11 years and above. Additionally, when the organizational cynicism perceptions of teachers were examined according to their educational levels, a significant difference was found in favor of those with postgraduate education. Similarly, according to the results of the job alienation scale, a significant difference was found in favor of teachers who have worked at the institution for 6-10 years compared to those who have worked for 1-5 years. A moderate positive correlation was found between teachers' perceptions of organizational cynicism and their levels of job alienation. According to the results of the regression test, it can also be stated that teachers' perceptions of cynicism are a significant predictor of their perceptions of job alienation. Keywords: Cynicism, Organizational Cynicism, Job Alienation, Alienation, Teacher