Journal of Accounting and Management Vision

Journal of Accounting and Management Vision

Investigating the relationship between organizational pessimism and employee performance, job self-efficacy, and perceived organizational support (Statistical population of elementary school teachers in Kashmar city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
mehdi kaffash 1
samira saberi 2
mahbobeh yahyazadeh 2
amirmasoud rajabzadeh 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Bardaskan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bardaskan, Iran.
2 Master's degree student in Educational Management, Bardaskan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bardaskan, Iran.
3 Master of Educational Management, Bardaskan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bardaskan, Iran.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of organizational pessimism in predicting job performance, job self-efficacy, and perceived organizational support. Organizational pessimism, as a pervasive negative attitude, can have destructive consequences on various dimensions of employees' professional lives, which were analyzed in this study. The methodology of this study is descriptive-correlational in nature. Data collection tools included standard questionnaires of organizational pessimism, job performance, self-efficacy, and perceived organizational support. Data analysis was performed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between organizational pessimism and all three variables of job performance, job self-efficacy, and perceived organizational support. (P < 0.05) Among the three dimensions of pessimism, the behavioral pessimism dimension showed the strongest negative relationship with all dependent variables and alone was able to explain a significant part of the variance in job performance. Research findings confirm that organizational pessimism, especially at the behavioral level, is a serious detractor for individual and organizational effectiveness. The weakening of self-efficacy and the erosion of the sense of organizational support due to pessimism create a negative cycle that leads to a decline in job performance. Therefore, managing pessimistic attitudes is an undeniable necessity for maintaining human capital.
Keywords
Organizational pessimism
job performance
self-efficacy
perceived organizational support
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