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Organizational commitment and ostracism in schools: The mediating role of chaotic leadership in crises.
| Τίτλος: | Organizational commitment and ostracism in schools: The mediating role of chaotic leadership in crises. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Gorgulu D; Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkiye. Electronic address: denizgorgulu@hacettepe.edu.tr., Comert M; Inonu University, Malatya, Turkiye. Electronic address: melike.comert@inonu.edu.tr., Fayda-Kinik FS; Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkiye. Electronic address: kinik@itu.edu.tr. |
| Πηγή: | Acta psychologica [Acta Psychol (Amst)] 2026 Apr; Vol. 264, pp. 106395. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 18. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: North Holland Publishing Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0370366 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-6297 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00016918 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acta Psychol (Amst) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Amsterdam : North Holland Publishing Original Publication: The Hague. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | School Teachers*/psychology , Schools*/organization & administration , Leadership* , Earthquakes* , Personnel Loyalty*, Humans ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Syria |
| Περίληψη: | This study aims to investigate the role of chaotic leadership in relation to organizational commitment and ostracism among teachers in schools under crises. The devastating earthquakes hit the southeastern Turkiye and the northern border of Syria in 2023. The city of Malatya was severely impacted, and many schools were physically damaged, and educational processes were unexpectedly interrupted. Therefore, this study examines the mediating role of chaotic leadership in the relationship between organizational commitment and ostracism among teachers working in schools affected by the 2023 earthquake in Malatya. Using a cross-sectional correlational design, the data were collected face-to-face from 342 teachers and analyzed through the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicated that organizational commitment had a significant positive direct effect on chaotic leadership, and chaotic leadership had a significant negative direct effect on organizational ostracism. However, organizational commitment did not have a significant direct effect on ostracism. These findings suggest that, in schools affected by crises, teachers' commitment may shape how chaotic leadership is perceived, and adaptive chaotic leadership may function as a protective mechanism that reduces experiences of ostracism. This research confirms the mediating role of chaotic leadership in the relationship between organizational commitment and ostracism within schools under crises. (Copyright © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Chaotic leadership; Organizational commitment; Organizational ostracism; Structural equation modeling |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260219 Date Completed: 20260708 Latest Revision: 20260708 |
| Update Code: | 20260708 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106395 |
| PMID: | 41713373 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-6297 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106395 |