The mediating role of organizational trust in the effect of perceived organizational chronism on organizational dissent: A research in secondary education institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Adıyaman province

In this study, it is aimed to determine whether or not organization trust plays an intermediary role in the effect of perceived organizational chronism on organizational dissent. To carry out the universe of this research on teachers working in official secondary education institutions operating in Adıyaman in the 2019-2020 academic year, the simple random sampling method model was used. Quantitative research method was used to analyze the research. Questionnaire technique was used to collect data for the research. The questionnaire used consists of four main sections: three scales and a questionnaire to determine the demographic structure of the sample. The surveys were conducted between February 2019 and June 2019, and a sample of 350 people was reached. In order to measure the perception of the participants regarding perceived organizational chronism, the organizational chronism scale developed by Turhan, which consists of internal group bias, mutual interest and paternal chronism dimensions, was used. For the measurement of the organizational dissent phenomenon, the organizational dissent scale, which was developed by Kassing and adapted to Turkish by Dağlı, consists of vertical, horizontal and external opposition was used. The organizational trust scale, which was developed by Adams (2004) and adapted to Turkish by Kanten (2012), was used to measure the level of the organizational trust. The results obtained from the validity and reliability analysis of all three scales are within acceptable limits. In the first part of the research, the concepts of organizational chronism were emphasized, in the second part, the concept of organizational trust was discussed, in the third part, the concept of organizational dissent was explained, and in the fourth part, the results of the research conducted for teachers working in secondary education institutions operating in the province of Adıyaman were included. According to the results of the structural equation model created between the sub-dimensions; internal group bias chronism has a positive effect on organization distrust, organization distrust has a negative effect on horizontal and vertical dissent and it was determined that organization distrust has a negative mediating role in the effect of internal group bias chronism on vertical dissent. Finally, it was concluded that teachers perceive the organizational chronism at a low level, exhibit a high level of organizational dissent behaviors, and the level of distrust they feel towards their organizations at a moderate level. When the levels of chronism perceived by the teachers are examined, they perceive the highest level of internal group bias, then paternal chronism and the lowest level of mutual interest-related chronism; When the dissent behaviors they display were analyzed, it was revealed that they exhibited the most vertical dissent behaviors, then horizontal dissent behaviors and at least displaced dissent behaviors. Key Words: Organizational Chronism, Organizational Dissent, Organizational Trust, Organizational Distrus