Effect of Organizational Justice Behaviors on Organizational Silence and Cynicism: A Research on Academics from Schools of Physical Education and Sports

In this research, it is aimed to examine the effect of organizational justice behaviors on organizational silence and cynicism based on the opinions of academics who serve in Schools of Physical Education and Sports, and Faculties of Sports Sciences. Research group consisted of academics from 22 different universities in Turkey. There are 320 people (245 males and 75 females) in the research group. Organizational justice scale, organizational silence scale, organizational cynicism scale and job performance scale are used as data collecting tools in the study. During the research, a model was tried to be created that reflected the correlation among organizational justice behaviors, organizational silence and cynicism the new model was examined by means of Structural Equation Model via Lisrel 8.7. According to the results, the higher the perception of organizational justice behaviors, the less the organizational cynicism. Moreover, there was a positive significant correlation between organizational silence and organizational cynicism.