Effects of Organizational Cynicism Occupational Commitment and Organizational Dissent on Knowledge Inertia

s adaptation, flexibility, change, responsiveness, and agility increasingly become inevitable components of success; knowledge inertia stands as one of the most essential obstacles for contemporary organizations. Given the nature of their mission, knowledge inertia is specifically crucial for the effectiveness of educational organizations, yet it remains as an understudied concept that necessitates further efforts. This paper contributes to our understanding on the antecedents and the underlying mechanisms on how these antecedents yield to knowledge inertia via an original research model. We ran our analysis on the data from a total of 440 teachers working in public schools. Correlation analysis and structural equation modeling was used for testing the links between variables. Results of the path analysis indicate a significant positive direct effect of organizational cynicism on knowledge inertia, and negative direct effects on occupational commitment and organizational dissent. Bothoccupational commitment and organizational dissent affect knowledge inertia negatively. Although a full mediation was not validated, findings of bootstrapping analysis indicated significant indirect effects of organizational cynicism on knowledge inertia through occupational commitment and organizational dissent

Örgütsel Sinizmin Mesleki Bağlılığın ve Örgütsel Muhalefetin Bilgi Ataletine Etkileri

Uyum, esneklik, değişim, duyarlılık ve çeviklik giderek artan bir şekilde başarının kaçınılmaz bileşenleri haline geldiği için; bilgi ataleti, çağdaş örgütlerin önündeki en önemli engellerden birini oluşturmaktadır. Misyonları göz önüne alındığında, bilgi ataleti eğitim kuruluşlarının etkinliği için daha da önemli olmakla birlikte, konu, üzerinde henüz yeterince çalışma yapılmamış ve daha fazla araştırma gerektiren bir yapıdır. Bu makale, bilgi ataletinin öncülleri ve bu öncüllerin hangi mekanizmalar aracılığı ile kavrama yol açtıkları hakkındaki bilgimize özgün bir araştırma modeli ile katkıda bulunmaktadır. Çalışmanın analizleri devlet okullarındaki 440 öğretmenden toplanan veriler üzerine yapılmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek üzere korelasyon analizi ve yapısal eşitlik modeli kullanılmıştır. Yol analizi sonuçları, örgütsel sinizmin bilgi ataleti üzerinde anlamlı ve olumlu yönde doğrudan etkisinin olduğunu ve mesleki bağlılık ve örgütsel muhalefet üzerinde anlamlı ve olumsuz doğrudan etkileri olduğunu göstermektedir. Hem mesleki bağlılık hem de örgütsel muhalefet, bilgi ataletini olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Tam bir arabuluculuk doğrulanmamış olmasına rağmen, önyükleme analizinin bulguları, örgütsel sinizmin, mesleki bağlılık ve örgütsel muhalefet yoluyla bilgi ataleti üzerinde anlamlı dolaylı etkisinin olduğunu göstermektedir

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