Psychometric Properties of Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire (OCQ) among the Academic Staff

The purpose of present study was investigating psychometric properties of the Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire. The statistical population of this study included all staff of Universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science at four levels of international, national, regional and local levels of performance across the country. The research data were collected from 430 staff members who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method using Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire. The results of the validation of the method showed that the internal consistency and stability reliability of the Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire by using Cronbach's alpha was 0/93 and by test-retest method was 0/95. Evaluate the content validity, discriminant, and construct of Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire confirms the validity of the questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses as the main form revealed three correlated but separable dimensions that were "emotional cynicism","cognitive cynicism", and "behavioural cynicism". The results of this study showed that the Organizational Cynicism Questionnaire (OCQ) is a reliable and valid tool for measuring and screening the Organizational Cynicism of academic staff.