Allameh Tabataba’i University Educational Leadership Research 3115-9427 2 7 2016 04 20 Organizational Cynicism toward Workplace Deviant Behavior: Emphasizing the Role of Citizenship Behavior and Perception of Organizational Politics (Case Study: Lorestan University) Organizational Cynicism toward Workplace Deviant Behavior: Emphasizing the Role of Citizenship Behavior and Perception of Organizational Politics (Case Study: Lorestan University) 1 35 8543 10.22054/jrlat.2018.22847.1301 FA Mahmoodreza Esmaili Business Management Department, Economic and Administrative Sciences Faculty, Lorestan University, Iran Mohammad Hakkak Business Management Department, Economic and Administrative Sciences Faculty, Lorestan University, Iran Neda Shahsiah lorestan Journal Article 2017 06 24 Organizations always expected that their employees and members execute duties and responsibilities correctly and stay away from harmful behavior for organizations which results in mar to employees and customers. Therefore, it is expected to reduce the employees’ political behaviors increasing citizenship behavior and organizational performance. The present study aims to investigate the organizational cynicism on workplace deviant behavior through citizenship behavior and perception of perception of perception of organizational politics. This study is an applied research in terms of its objectives, its causal-effect in terms of research nature and approach, its descriptive survey in terms of data collection and it's a quantitative in terms of data type. The study statistical population consists of all Lorestan university personnel in which the sample size was estimated 201 people. Four hypotheses in this research were testing by factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques. Based on the results, it can be said that organizational cynicism has a positive and significant effect on deviant behavior; citizenship behavior cannot play a negative and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational cynicism on employees deviant behavior; perception of organizational politics has a positive and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational cynicism on deviant behavior; citizenship behavior has a negative and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational politics on deviant behavior. Organizations always expected that their employees and members execute duties and responsibilities correctly and stay away from harmful behavior for organizations which results in mar to employees and customers. Therefore, it is expected to reduce the employees’ political behaviors increasing citizenship behavior and organizational performance. The present study aims to investigate the organizational cynicism on workplace deviant behavior through citizenship behavior and perception of perception of perception of organizational politics. This study is an applied research in terms of its objectives, its causal-effect in terms of research nature and approach, its descriptive survey in terms of data collection and it's a quantitative in terms of data type. The study statistical population consists of all Lorestan university personnel in which the sample size was estimated 201 people. Four hypotheses in this research were testing by factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques. Based on the results, it can be said that organizational cynicism has a positive and significant effect on deviant behavior; citizenship behavior cannot play a negative and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational cynicism on employees deviant behavior; perception of organizational politics has a positive and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational cynicism on deviant behavior; citizenship behavior has a negative and significant mediating role in effecting of organizational politics on deviant behavior. https://jrlat.atu.ac.ir/article_8543_068004fef1759529ff6f29015cde17cd.pdf