Cinismo organizacional: una revision de la literatura y algunas consideraciones conceptuales

• Salessi, Solana ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Rosario

     Universidad Nacional de Rosario

     Argentina

     
• Localización: Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional (RIPO), ISSN-e 2500-5669, ISSN 0120-3800, Vol. 30, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 88-105
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    El cinismo organizacional es una actitud negativa del empleado hacia la organización empleadora, sustentada en la creencia de que ésta carece de integridad, que ha quebrantado los principios de justicia y honestidad a favor de intereses personales de los líderes, y que sus acciones se basan en motivaciones ocultas. Se trata de un constructo multidimensional que incluye componentes afectivos (ira, angustia, desconfianza, vergüenza) y conativos (tendencias a la crítica y el desprecio) consistentes con esas creencias. A pesar del impacto del tema tanto sobre las organizaciones como sus miembros, hasta la fecha no se registra un cuerpo de investigaciones sistemático que refleje la preocupación de los especialistas sobre esta problemática. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una puesta al día de la bibliografía sobre cinismo organizacional, a través de un recorrido que va desde su diferenciación con otras actitudes laborales hasta los instrumentos desarrollados para su medición, pasando por el análisis de sus principales antecedentes y consecuencias. Dentro de tal recorrido se ha dedicado especial consideración al desarrollo de algunas perspectivas teóricas, tales como violación del contrato psicológico, atribución causal y teoría de los eventos afectivos, por su rol explicativo destacado. Se ofrecen, asimismo, lineamientos para futuras investigaciones en el área.Cómo citar este artículo: Salessi, S. (2011). Cinismo organizacional: una revision de la literatura y algunas consideraciones conceptuales. Revista Interamericana de Psicología ocupacional, 30(1), pp. 88-105

  • English

    Organizational cynicism is an employee's negative attitude toward the employing organization, based on the belief that it lacks integrity, has violated the principles of fairness and honesty in favor of personal interests of leaders, and that their actions are based on hidden motivations. It is a multidimensional construct that includes affective (anger, distress, distrust, shame), and behavioral components (tendency to disparaging and critical behavior) consistent with those beliefs. Despite the impact of the issue on the organizations and their members, to date there isn´t a systematic body of research that reflects the concern of the experts on this problematic. The aim of this article is to present an update of organizational cynicism, through a route that goes from its differentiation from other job attitudes to the instruments developed for their measurement, through analysis of its main antecedents and consequences. Within this route has been given special consideration to the development of some theoretical perspectives such as psychological contract violation, causal attribution and affective events theory, for their antecedents featured role. It also provides guidelines for future research in the area.How to reference this article: Salessi, S. (2011). Cinismo organizacional: una revision de la literatura y algunas consideraciones conceptuales. Revista Interamericana de Psicología ocupacional, 30(1), pp. 88-105

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