Examining the Relationship Between Workplace Ostracism and Job Burnout with the Mediating Role of Organizational Cynicism
Subject Areas : Human Capital Empowermentvahid mirzaei 1 , neda barzafshan 2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
2 - Ph.D. student, Department of Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
Keywords: Workplace ostracism, job burnout, organizational cynicism, Khorasan Razavi Science and Technology Park.,
Abstract :
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace ostracism and job burnout with the mediating role of organizational cynicism. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in nature, classified as correlational. The statistical population of the study included all employees of the Khorasan Razavi Science and Technology Park, totaling 70 individuals, and the census method was used to determine the sample size. To collect research data, the organizational cynicism questionnaire by Dean et al. (1998), the workplace ostracism scale by Ferris et al. (2008), and the job burnout inventory by Maslach and Jackson (1981) were utilized. For assessing validity, content validity and confirmatory factor analysis were employed, and for reliability assessment, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used. The Cronbach's alpha values for workplace ostracism, organizational cynicism, and job burnout were calculated to be 0.80, 0.84, and 0.82, respectively. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling with the partial least squares approach and the Amos software. The results indicated a positive and significant impact of workplace ostracism on job burnout with a path coefficient of 0.05, a positive and direct effect of organizational cynicism on job burnout with a path coefficient of 0.82, and a positive and significant effect of organizational cynicism on workplace ostracism with a path coefficient of 0.88. Given the confirmation of these relationships, it can be concluded that organizational cynicism mediates the relationship between workplace ostracism and job burnout with an indirect path coefficient of 0.046.
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