%0 Journal Article %T The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety on the Relation between Authentic Leadership and Cynicism %A Serdar Yener %J - %D 2018 %X In this study mediating role of psychological safety on the relationship between authentic leadership and cynicism is questioned. Authentic leadership suggests respect and awareness to the thought, belief and culture of followers in an organization. Psychological safety is thought to be predicted with the tolerance and trust culture formed by authentic leadership. Psychological safety perception explains the mood of a person who doesn¡¯t sense or feel interpersonal psychological risk in respect based interpersonal relations. Cynicism explains the mood of individuals in which they lose their trust and confidence on the result of their negative experiences like disappointment and disillusionments. According to the results of surveys which were conducted on 200 employees working in same sector local factories in Sinop, the negative effect of authentic leadership on cynicism and partial mediating effect of psychological safety were observed %K Psikolojik Rahatl£¿k %K Sinizm %K Otantik Liderlik %K S¨¹rd¨¹r¨¹lebilir Rekabet Avantaj£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/oguiibf/issue/32899/335447