Title: Exploring work-related behaviours: the impact of organisational factors in teachers' organisational commitment and job satisfaction in Turkish public schools

Authors: Hulya Gorgulu; Derya Kilicoglu

Addresses: Ministry of National Education, Eskişehir, Turkey ' Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Education, Eskişehir, Turkey

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to test a theoretical model to explain structural relationships between perceived organisational support, organisational justice, organisational cynicism, organisational commitment and job satisfaction. The study sample consists of 353 teachers employed in 18 different Turkish public high schools selected through stratified sampling method considering socioeconomic regions of the schools. Correlation for data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis for structural validity of scales and path analysis for testing the constructural model were utilised in the research. As a result of validated model, it was concluded that teachers' organisational support and organisational justice perceptions affect their organisational cynicism perceptions in negative way. Teachers' organisational cynicism perceptions affect their organisational commitment and job satisfaction perceptions in negative way as well. It was also revealed that teachers' organisational support and organisational justice perceptions affect their organisational commitment and job satisfaction perceptions positively via the mediating role of organisational cynicism perceptions.

Keywords: organisational justice; perceived organisational support; organisational cynicism; organisational commitment; job satisfaction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2026.154575

International Journal of Management in Education, 2026 Vol.20 No.4, pp.441 - 463

Received: 21 Mar 2025
Accepted: 22 Aug 2025
Published online: 06 Jul 2026 *

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