- Journal of International Health Sciences and Management
- Vol: 2 Issue: 2
- THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT, ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM AND TURNOVER INTENTION
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT, ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM AND TURNOVER INTENTION
Authors : Ferda Alper AY, Özgün ÜNAL
Pages : 102-112
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Publication Date : 2016-04-03
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Aim. Hospital establishments are complex structures that embody various business fields. That is why the attitudes of employees towards organization can be affected positively or negatively. If this effect is negative, the employees can display insulting and ironical negative attitudes and can cause cynical attitudes and psychological breach of contract. This situation can increase the turnover intention. The aim of this research is to identify the effects of organizational cynicism and psychological contract subdimensions on turnover intention. Method. The employees (N=324) of a state hospital in Tokat (Turkey) province were included this study and the datas were obtained by using survey method. In order to test hypotheses correlation and regression analysis. Findings. In the study the effect of organizational cynicism subdimensions on turnover intention was not found significant (p>0,05), however the effect of operational psychological contract which is subdimension of psychological contract on turnover intention was found positive and significant (H2a:β=0,191,p<0,01). Besides, it was determined that the operational psychological contract had a positive and significant effect on organizational cynicism (H3a:β=0, 279,p<0,01). Whereas, it was detected that the effect of relational psychological contract on organizational cynicism was negative and significant (H3b:β=-0,413,p<0,01). Results. The conclusion is that at the end of the study, operational psychological contract had positive effect on the turnover intention and organizational cynicism.Keywords : Organizational Cynic ism, Psychological Contract, Turnover Intention, Health Care Workers