The Mediating Role of Stress on the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Dysfunctional Attitudes: A Field Study

Abstract

The main objective was to determine the correlation level of organizational culture of workers’ dysfunctional attitude and to research organizational stress’s mediating role in prediction. The sample consists of total 638 personnel in primary scholls in Kayseri (562 males and 76 females with an average age of 31-40). Demographic Information Form, dysfunctional attitude scale short form, organizational stress and culture scales were used. Mediating role was researched by structural equation modelling. School organizational culture statistically significantly predict worker’s dysfunctional attitudes and organizational stress. Organizational stress statistically significantly predicts school worker’s functional attitude. It is found that organizational stress has a partial mediating role in school organizational culture and school workers’ dysfunctional attitudes. It is thought that school organizational culture become prone to worker’s dysfunctional attitude through organizational stress. In addition to effect of school organizational culture, it is observed that changes occurring for organizational stress sources are important in terms of causing dysfunctional attitudes. It is thought that, in this regard, existing study provides beneficial information by dealing with school organizational culture, organizational stress and workers’ dysfunctional attitudes together, contributing to related literature and helping experts of this topic.