The Determinants of Organizational Cynicism: An Exploration with Perceived Workload, Perceived Fairness and Control

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of perceived fairness and workload on the relationship between perceived control and organizational cynicism. Data were gathered from 201 academicians. The respondents completed areas of worklife survey and organizational cynicism questionnnarie. The results of the latent variable path analysis showed that perceived fairness and workload act as mediators on perceived control-organizational cynicism relationship. Thus, academicians who perceive control over the decisions and practices in their workplace, believe that the fairness of those decisions and practices are fair and perceive their workload as more manageable. Subsequently, such beliefs mitigate the negative and cynic attitudes toward their organizations. This result reveals that perceived control plays a critical role in regulating the attitudes toward their work environment mainly organizational cynicism.