The relationship between the organizational change cynicism and job satisfaction of school administrators and teachers

The aim of this study is to determine the levels of organizational change cynicism; job satisfaction levels; cynicism in the context of cognitive, affective and behavioral sub-dimensions of change cynicism; to determine the relationship between change cynicism and job satisfaction of school administrators and teachers working in kindergarten, primary, secondary and high schools in Salihli District of Manisa Province. Moreover, it was investigated whether the cognitive, affective and behavioral sub-dimensions of organizational change cynicism of school administrators, and teachers differ significantly in terms of factors such as gender, duty, field, educational background, type of school, seniority and employment duration in the school. 228 teachers, 68 school administrators, in total 296 participants working in kindergartens, primary, elementary and high schools in Salihli District in Manisa Province participated in this study. "Change Cynicism Scale" which was developed by Helvacı and Çavdar (2017) was used in order to determine the organizational change cynicism levels of participants. "Minnessota Satisfaction Questionnaire" which was developed by Weiss, Davis England and Lofquist (1967) and adapted to Turkish by Oran (1989) was used in order to determine the job satisfaction levels of participants. The data gathered were analyzed with SPSS 19.0 statistical software. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, ANOVA, Tukey HSD and Pearson Moment Correlation tests were used in order to analyze the data. According to the results, the participants' perception of organizational change cynicism related to cognitive and behavioral sub-dimensions was very low; affective sub-dimension organizational change cynicism perceptions was low; perceptions of job satisfaction were quite high. In addition, there was no significant difference in gender in all sub-dimensions of organizational change cynicism levels. However, a significant difference was found in the organizational change cynicism levels of the participants in all sub-dimensions in terms of gender, duty, field, educational background, type of school, seniority and employment duration in the school. Furthermore, there was a strong and negative correlation between the levels of organizational change cynicism and job satisfaction. Similarly, strong, negative and significant relationships were found between the (cognitive, emotional and behavioral sub-dimensions of) organizational change cynicism and job satisfaction.