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MEDIATION ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM: AN APPLICATION IN AN AZERBAIJANI UNİVERSITY

ALGILANAN ÖRGÜTSEL ADALETİN ÖRGÜTSEL SİNİZM ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNDE ÖRGÜTSEL BAĞLILIĞIN ARACILIK ROLÜ: AZERBAYCAN’DAKİ BİR ÜNİVERSİTEDE UYGULAMA

Leyla Sultanlı(İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0009-0008-1641-5127
Vasif Aliyev(UNEC)0000-0002-8119-5756
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2026-10-04
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The findings revealed that organizational justice positively affects organizational commitment, organizational commitment negatively affects organizational cynicism, and organizational commitment plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational cynicism.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment in the effect of perceived organizational justice on organizational cynicism among academic staff working at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University.
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Conclusion & Impact:The findings revealed that organizational justice positively affects organizational commitment, organizational commitment negatively affects organizational cynicism, and organizational commitment plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational cynicism.
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⚙️Variables:Örgütsel adalet · örgütsel bağlılık · örgütsel sinizm

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The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment in the effect of perceived organizational justice on organizational cynicism among academic staff working at Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. A quantitative research design was adopted, and data were collected through a questionnaire administered to 154 faculty members. The study employed the Organizational Justice Scale developed by Niehoff and Moorman (1993), the Organizational Commitment Scale developed by Meyer and Allen (1991), and the Organizational Cynicism Scale developed by Brandes et al. (1997). The findings revealed that organizational justice positively affects organizational commitment, organizational commitment negatively affects organizational cynicism, and organizational commitment plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational cynicism. These findings suggest that employees’ perceptions of organizational justice influence their organizational attitudes and that improving justice perceptions may help reduce cynical attitudes shaped by both individual and organizational factors.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, Azerbaycan Devlet Pedagoji Üniversitesi’nde görev yapan akademik personel arasında algılanan örgütsel adaletin, örgütsel sinizm üzerindeki etkisinde örgütsel bağlılığın aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmada nicel araştırma deseni benimsenmiş olup, veriler 154 öğretim elemanına uygulanan anket aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmada, Niehoff ve Moorman (1993) tarafından geliştirilen Örgütsel Adalet Ölçeği, Meyer ve Allen (1991) tarafından geliştirilen Örgütsel Bağlılık Ölçeği ve Brandes ve ark. (1997) tarafından geliştirilen Örgütsel Sinizm Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veriler SPSS 22.0 programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular, örgütsel adaletin örgütsel bağlılığı pozitif yönde etkilediğini, örgütsel bağlılığın örgütsel sinizmi negatif yönde etkilediğini ve örgütsel bağlılığın örgütsel adalet ile örgütsel sinizm arasındaki ilişkide kısmi aracılık rolü üstlendiğini göstermiştir. Bu bulgular, çalışanların örgütsel adalet algılarının örgüte yönelik tutumlarını önemli ölçüde etkilediğini ve adalet algısının iyileştirilmesinin, yalnızca bireysel faktörler değil aynı zamanda örgütsel yapı ve koşullar tarafından da şekillenen sinik tutumların azaltılmasına katkı sağlayabileceğini göstermektedir.

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Sultanlı, L., Aliyev, V. (2026). MEDIATION ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM: AN APPLICATION IN AN AZERBAIJANI UNİVERSITY. Girişimcilik İnovasyon ve Pazarlama Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 22. https://doi.org/10.31006/gipad.1960130

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