A Research on the Relationship between Personnel Empowerment and Organizational Cynicism

Abstract

In recent years some philosophical concepts are being used to understand and explain the relat ionship between the employees and the organizations. Cynicism, as being one of these concepts, reflects the employees' negative perceptions and attitudes against the organizations they are working for. So me studies on this specific issue reveal the fact that organizational d isappointment decreases in the presence of some organizational dynamics. In this research, personnel empowerment by means of which all the authority and responsibility of work is granted to the person who is performing it as well as the opportunity to use initiat ive when needed and its impact on organizational disappointment is evaluated. For this purpose a sample including 140 employees working in hospitals has been developed to achieve results in relation to the aim of the research. The results of the research prove the fact that personnel empowerment decreases the level of o rganizat ional disappointment (r=-0,40; p<0,05). In the regression analysis conducted, it has been found out that personnel empowerment explains 16% of organizat ional d isappointment and thus other organizat ional dynamics and variables are needed to explain cynicism.