Evaluating the effects of dispositional cynicism levels on organizational cynicisim level according to generation differences of employees

In today's changing conditions, making quick decisions and then taking quick actions has become a necessity for businesses. The businesses need employees performing their tasks quickly; but accurately and just in time. A fourth generation, Z, has been added to the Baby Boomer, X and Y generations all of which specify different periods. In order for the communication process within a business to be meaningful and effective, these generations born at different times of history should act in common. Intergenerational communication in an enterprise is important for common action, cooperation and synergy. The quality of this communication affects the performance of enterprise and its employees. Cynical attitudes that may arise in the absence of this communication may cause irreparable harm to enterprise and to its employees. In this study, the effect of differentiation of dispositional cynicism levels between Baby Boomer, X, Y and Z generations on the level of organizational cynicism is explored. According to the results, a statistically significant difference is found between dispositional cynicism levels of X - Y, X - Z and Z - Baby boomer generations. In the dispositional cynicism scale, it is determined that the highest generation of cynicism is the Z generation, while the Baby boomer generation is the lowest. On the other hand, in the organizational cynicism scale, the highest and the lowest generations of cynicism are the Z and X generations respectively. In addition, it was found that the cynicism level of women is higher than men and especially generation Y women are the most cynical among the generations. As a result of the linear regression model established for the effect of the dispositional cyncisim levels of the generations on organizational cyncisim and dimensions, it was found that dispositional cynicism was an explanatory variable for organizational cynicism and its dimensions. Keywords: Dispositional cynicism, organizational cynicism, Baby Boomer generation, X generation, Y generation, Z generation