THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM IN DETERMINING ATTITUDES REGARDING THE GENDER ROLE OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the role of organizational cynicism in determining attitudes regarding gender role of healthcare professionals using moderating role of gender. The study was conducted on 240 healthcare professionals: 112 males and 128 females in Ankara in Turkey. The level of organizational cynicism is determined by three factors: behavioral cynicism, cognitive cynicism, emotional cynicism. The study results show that the level of behavioral and cognitive cynicism of health healthcare employeess had a moderator effect on the effect of gender role attitude; on the other hand, it was determined that the level of emotional cynicism did not have a moderator effect on the effect of gender role attitude.