Do you want your leader to be authentic the effect of authentic leadership style on organizational cinism: a research on teachers

Abstract

Purpose-The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between teachers' perceptions of authentic leadership and the behavior of organizational cynicism and to determine whether authentic leadership is a predictor of organizational cynicism. Methodology-The study is a relational screening model and the sample of the study consists of 204 secondary school teachers working in the Anatolian side of Istanbul in the 2019-2020 academic year. Findings-It has been determined that authentic leadership perceptions and organizational cynicism of teachers are above average. Additionally there is a positive relationship between authentic leader ship and teachers' cynicism behavior. Conclusion-Structural equation modeling was carried out to determine to what extent teachers' organizational cynicism behaviors predicte d the authentic leadership behaviors of school principals. According to the analysis results obtained, authentic leadership perception affects teachers' organizational cynicism behavior by 49% (standardized regression coefficient).