• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.547-567
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• 2020

As the complexity of managing online personal information is increasing and data breach incidents frequently occur, online users feel a loss of control over their privacy. Such a situation leads to their cynical attitudes towards privacy protection, called privacy cynicism. This study aims to examine the role of privacy cynicism in online users' privacy behaviors. Data were gathered from a survey that 281 people participated in and were analyzed with covariance-based structural equation modeling. The findings of this study reveal that privacy cynicism has not only a direct influence on disclosure intention but also moderates an effect of privacy concerns on the intention. The analytical results also indicate that there is a nonlinear effect of privacy cynicism on the outcome variable. This study developed the concept of privacy cynicism—a phenomenon that significantly affects online privacy behavior but has been rarely examined. The study is an initial research into the nature and implications of privacy cynicism and furthermore clarified its role by the nonlinear relationship between privacy cynicism and the willingness to disclose personal information.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.811-824
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• 2020

The aim of this study is to explore the effect of injustice perception on work alienation and the mediating role played by the employee's cynicism between injustice perception and work alienation in the healthcare sector in Oman. By utilizing a simple random sampling technique, data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 306 nurses working in private healthcare providing organizations in Oman. The collected data was then analyzed using AMOS program through the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of study show that the levels of perception of injustice and cynicism of nurses in the private healthcare centers were low, while the work alienation was found to be at moderate level in these healthcare organizations. The findings of the empirical study reveal that injustice perception and employee's cynicism significantly affect work alienation. The impact of injustice perception in creating employee's cynicism was also observed. The hypothesis that the mediating role played by employee's cynicism in injustice perception and work alienation relationship was partially supported. Moreover, injustice perception and cynicism directly affect work alienation, therefore, these hospitals should consider organizational policies and procedures to achieve equality and justice among nursing personnel, and to eliminate the factors that cause cynicism and work alienation.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.37-65
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• 2022

This article analyzes the relationship between the privacy attitudes of MyData users and the four dimensions of privacy cynicism (distrust, uncertainty, powerlessness, and resignation) as to privacy protection intentions through a structural equation model. It was examined that MyData user's internet skills had a statistically significant negative effect on 'resignation' among the privacy cynicism dimensions. Secondly, privacy risks have a positive effect on 'distrust' in MyData operators, 'uncertainty' in privacy control, and 'powerlessness' in terms of privacy cynicism. Thirdly, it was analyzed that privacy concerns have a positive effect on the privacy cynicism dimensions of 'distrust' and 'uncertainty', with 'resignation' showing a negative effect. Fourthly, it was found that only 'resignation' as a dimension of privacy cynicism showed a negative effect on privacy protection intention. Overall, MyData user's internet skills was analyzed as a variable that could alleviate privacy cynicism. Privacy risks are a variable that reinforces privacy cynicism, and privacy concerns reinforce privacy cynicism. In terms of privacy cynicism, 'resignation' offsets privacy concerns and lowers privacy protection intentions.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.17-31
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• 2009

The purpose of the present is to investigate the relation of organizational cynicism to organizational justice and organizational commitment. Questionnaire data were collected from 185 employees. To test the hypotheses, structural equation model was employed. The model showed adequate fit to the data. Results showed that organizational justice(distributive justice and procedural justice) were negatively related to organizational cynicism. Also, results supported the hypothesized relationship between organizational cynicism and organizational commitment(affective and continuance commitment). Organizational cynicism negatively affected organizational commitment. Implications are discussed and future research directions are outlined.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.149-157
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of teachers' covert narcissism and supervisors' servant leadership on teachers' organizational cynicism. The subjects were 279 teachers employed in childcare centers in K Province. Data was collected by questionnaires, which required self-report by teachers. The collected data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation, hierarchial regression, by using SPSS Win 19.0. The results of our study was as follows. First, main effects of teachers' covert narcissism and supervisors' servant leadership on teachers' organizational cynicism was observed. teachers' covert narcissism was positively associated with teachers' organizational cynicism. and supervisors' servant leadership was negatively associated with teachers' organizational cynicism. Second, supervisors' servant leadership was a better predictor of teachers' organizational cynicism than teachers' covert narcissism. Finally, interaction effects of teachers' covert narcissism and supervisors' servant leadership on teachers' organizational cynicism was not observed.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.60
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• pp.28-51
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• 2012

This study explored the influence of media use on the audiences' intention to vote as well as their political cynicism in 2012 General elections. I offered three research questions: Research Question 1: What is the impact of media use on the political cynicism? Research Question 2: What are the impact of political intersest, political knowledge, media malaise, political efficacy on the political cynicism? Research Question 3: What is the impact of political cynicism on vote behavior? This study analysed survey data. Based on the results of hierarchial regression analysis and path analysis(AMOS), Internet news use was found to have a significant impact on the political cynicism. But the use of newspaper, TV news were not related to political cynicism. The political efficacy decreased political cynicism effectively, The findings from this study indicate that the relationship between media use and political cynicism is contingent on many factors and that cynicism has a negligible impact on citizen participation. This study also found that persons higher in efficacy were less cynical than low in efficacy. This suggest that cynicism is not always bad thing, that it may in fact be an indication of "an interested and critical citizenry". In conclusion this study showed that we need more in-depth analyses on the relationships among attention to media use, political cynicism and voting behavior to activate political participation.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.587-598
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• 2014

The study aimed to define the paths through which director's servant leadership, childcare center teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism affected teacher's organizational citizenship behavior and determined their effects. The subjects for this study were 545 teachers of the childcare centers located in Daegu and Kyoungbuk district. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 8.0. The results showed 1) The director's servant leadership, teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism influenced directly on organizational citizenship behavior. 2) The director's servant leadership influenced directly on teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism. 3) The director's servant leadership influenced indirectly on organizational citizenship behavior by teacher's organizational committment and organizational cynicism.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

The purpose of the present is to investigate the relation of organizational cynicism to organizational justice and OCB(organizational citizenship behavior). Questionnaire data were collected from 265 employees. To test the hypotheses, structural equation model was employed. The model showed adequate fit to the data. Results showed that organizational justice(distributive justice and procedural justice) were negatively related to organizational cynicism. Also, results supported the hypothesized relationship between organizational cynicism and organizational citizenship behavior(OCBIs and OCBOs). And organizational justice indirectly influences OCB through organizational cynicism as expected. Implications are discussed and future research directions are outlined.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.53-62
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• 2018

Objectives: This study analyzed the influence of organizational cynicism among ward sisters on their organizational citizenship behavior and how coaching leadership moderated it. Methods: Survey data from 500 ward sisters at 10 general hospitals were collected, and the data of 483 ward sisters were used. The IBM SPSS AMOS Ver. 21.0 and PROCESS macro software were used for conducting regression analysis, validity analysis, and regulation effect analysis. Results: Organizational cynicism was negatively related to organizational citizenship behavior. Coaching leadership strengthened the negative influence of organizational cynicism on organizational citizenship behavior. Conclusion: This study empirically identified that organizational cynicism is an important predisposing factor affecting the organizational citizenship behavior of ward sisters. In order for coaching leadership to exert a positive influence on organizational citizenship behaviors, addressing ward nurses' degree of organizational cynicism and psychological status should be prioritized.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.3-21
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of superleadership on organizational cynicism and organizational citizenship behavior. On the basis of theoretical linkages between the constructs, a conceptual model and hypotheses were established. The sample included 400 employees. Structural equation modeling(SEM) was used to employed the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model. Results indicated that (a)superleadership has a negative impact organizational cynicism; (b)organizational cynicism has a negative impact organizational citizenship behavior; (c)superleadership has a positive impact organizational citizenship behavior. Implications for applying superleadership to organizational cynicism and organizational citizenship behavior were discussed and future research directions were outlined.