Open AccessThe Effect of Nepotism on Organizational Silence, Alienation and Commitment: A Study on Hotel Employees in Turkey
Author(s) -
Elbeyi Pelit,
Fatma İstanbullu Dinçer,
İbrahim Kılıç
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-899X
DOI - 10.5296/jmr.v7i4.7806
Subject(s) - nepotism , alienation , organizational commitment , social psychology , silence , psychology , cronbach's alpha , political science , psychometrics , clinical psychology , law , philosophy , aesthetics , politics
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of nepotism on organizational silence, alienation and commitment. As a data collecting method a questionnaire which contains nepotism, organizational silence, alienation and commitment scales was used. It was applied on 662 employees working in 30 five star hotels in Turkey. Since nepotism covers the practices in establishments in which family-relative relations are concentrated, the hotels included in the sampling group have been selected from establishments whose proprietors are a part of a family/family group. Factor analysis, Cronbach’s Alpha, mean, standard deviation, correlation and regression analysis were used to analyze the acquired data. The study results revealed that nepotism has a positive relationship with organizational silence and alienation and a negative relationship with organizational commitment.