The relationship between organizational silence and organizational cinism among teachers: The case of Van

The aim of the study is to investigate if there is any positive or negative effect of organizational silence on organizational cynicism. Organizational silence was discussed in three dimensions: acquiescent silence, defensive silence and pro-social silence. Organizational cynicism was examined under three categories named as cognitive cynicism, affective cynicism and behavioural cynicism. For this aim, the data which was collected from 314 teachers working in public schools through easy sampling method in Van province was analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling. As a result of this analysis; it was determined that the age of the employees did not affect the organizational cynicism attitudes. It was determined that behavioral cynicism was mostly seen in female employees when they were compared with their male colleagues. The rate of acquiescent silence increases the three dimensions of organizational cynicism: cognitive cynicism, affective cynicism, and behavioral cynicism. It is seen that defensive silence stimulated affective cynicism among employees and did not have an impact on cognitive and behavioral cynicism in scope of the sample of this study. Furthermore pro-social silence has a significant effect on affective cynicism and has no significant effect on cognitive and behavioral cynicism.