Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of examining the relationship between "Paternalist Leadership" behaviors of health managers and organizational cynicism behaviors of employees. There are not many studies examining the relationship between paternalistic behavior and organizational cynicism in health sector. This research was carried out with the aim of eliminating this lack. Questionnaire method was used in the research and the survey was conducted on 104 people working in a public hospital in Turkey. Regression analysis and correlation analysis were used for data analysis. As a result of the research, it was determined that the level of paternalist leadership perception was higher and the level of organizational cynicism was lower. It was also found that the paternalist leadership had a negative effect on organizational cynicism. According to these results, as the paternalist leadership behavior of health managers increases, it is expected that the level of employees' organizational cynicism decrease. In this study, it was determined that organizational cynicism behavior of employees could be affected by paternalist leadership behavior. Paternalist leadership can be said to be an appropriate leadership style for reducing healthcare workers' organizational cynicism.

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