Examining the Relation between Humor Acts of School Principals and Teachers’ Exposure Level to Mobbing and Organizational Cynicism Based on the Perceptions of Teachers
Cemaloğlu, N., Kalkan, F., Dağlı, E., & Çilek, A.
Abstract:
Main purpose of this study is to determine the relation between humor acts of school principals and exposure level of teachers to mobbing and organizational cynicism based on the perceptions of teachers who serve at primary schools. 550 teachers who serve at primary and secondary public schools in Yenimahalle district, Ankara Province and participated in “My Leader Teacher Project” in 2012-2013 acedemic year constitute the population. 232 teachers who have been chosen using simple random sampling based on the principle of voluntariness constitute the research sample. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression are used to perform data analysis. In consequence of the study, it is discovered that school principals exhibit non-humorous acts more and cynical humorous acts at the least; teachers suffer from mobbing although it is not severe; they have medium-level organizational cynicism and although humor acts of principals affect teachers’ exposure levels to mobbing and organizational cynicism; despite the stong relation between mobbing and organizational cynicism, mobbing does not have an intermediary effect on the relation between humor acts and organizational cynicism.
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- Cemaloğlu, N., Kalkan, F., Dağlı, E., & Çilek, A. (2014). Examining the Relation between Humor Acts of School Principals and Teachers’ Exposure Level to Mobbing and Organizational Cynicism Based on the Perceptions of Teachers. International Journal of Teaching and Education, 2(1), 02–17.