Investigating the effect of organizational cynicism on workplace bullying

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of cynicism on the bullying of the workplace among the employees of the center and five areas of municipality of Rasht. The research method is descriptive and correlational. Data was collected using a questionnaire and survey method. The statistical population consists of all managers and staff of the center and five areas of the municipality of Rasht. The research data were collected from a sample of 317 managers and employees of the municipality of Rasht by stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and the data were collected using two standard questionnaire of organizational mistrust (independent variable) and workplace bullying (dependent variable) and analyzed using LaserL software 8.54. The results of research hypotheses using structural equation model and test indicate that cognitive dimension (destructive beliefs and beliefs) and behavioral dimension (degrading and malicious behaviors) organizational cynicism have a positive effect on the occupational environment and increase the incidence of this behavior in the organization Gets Meanwhile, emotional dimension (negative emotions) does not significantly affect bullying in the workplace.