scholarly journals Two Facets of Organizational Politics, the Constructive and Destructive Role of Organizational Politics on Employee Work Related Attitudes: A Theoretical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor un Nissa Shahani ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz ◽  
Anam Syed ◽  
Nazia Dharejo
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Managerial Implication ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Perception Of Politics ◽  
Perception Of Organizational Politics

The aim of study this to enhance understanding of employee’s attitude towards organizational politics. The positive and negative impact of perception of organizational politics on employee job attitudes is discussed in this paper which caters to one of the most significant issue attracting much of attention by organizational scientists. Numerous productive and counter productive work attitudes are identified by extensive literature review of research papers, articles and different sources at internet. An extensive study of literature has been carried out to discuss two theoretical models of perception of politics. Therein, the article sheds light on the positive outcomes of politics through the first model followed by underlining the negative outcomes of politics at the workplace. The paper also enlightens readers` knowledge and understanding on how organization can work to make the most of this prospect whilst ensuring it does not affect any organizational objectives. The review also forwards lays discussion on both the models for scholars enthusiastic to test and confirm the assertions of both the models for better managerial implication in future.

scholarly journals Please Like Me: Ingratiation as a Moderator of the Impact of the Perception of Organizational Politics on Job Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7455
Author(s):  
Triana Fitriastuti ◽  
Pipiet Larasatie ◽  
Alex Vanderstraeten
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Perception Of Organizational Politics ◽  
The Impact

Drawing from the negative impacts of the perception of organizational politics (POP) on the literature on organizational outcomes, the model proposed in this study examines a nonlinear relationship of POP on job satisfaction. In a similar way, ingratiation as a moderator variable is tested. Based on a survey of 240 state-owned enterprise employees in Indonesia, this study finds that POP exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with job satisfaction. Low and high levels of POP have a negative impact on job satisfaction. Nevertheless, our most intriguing finding is that ingratiation behavior not only strengthens POP’s effects on job satisfaction, but can also alter the direction of the relationship in which its shape is represented by a U-shape. This shape indicates that the employees who engage in high levels of ingratiation as a coping mechanism and adaptive strategy tend to do so when they perceive high degrees of POP. These results are then discussed from a cross-cultural perspective as an attempt to explain the legitimacy of ingratiation in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Leadership and employee attitudes: The mediating role of perception of organizational politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1720066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzair Khuwaja ◽  
Kaleem Ahmed ◽  
Ghulam Abid ◽  
Ahmad Adeel ◽  
Isaac Wanasika
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perception Of Organizational Politics

scholarly journals Honest and cheating strategies in a simple model of aggressive communication: the role of spatial correlations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Számadó ◽  
András Szántó
Keyword(s):  
Simple Game ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Spatial Correlations ◽  
Cooperative Strategies ◽  
Aggressive Communication ◽  
Evolution Of Communication ◽  
Traditional Game

AbstractThe evolution and maintenance of communication in terms of aggressive interactions is a long-debated issue. Several game theoretical models and individual based computer simulations investigated this problem in terms of a simple game of aggressive communication. So far all of these investigations focused on well mixed population of individuals. However, spatial correlations can emerge in nature where individuals or group of individuals defend resources. The extensive literature on cooperative games show that these spatial correlations can be vital in the maintenance and evolution of cooperative strategies, thus it is reasonable to expect that such correlations could play an important role in the evolution of honest communication as well. Here we investigate a traditional game of aggressive communication in a spatially explicit context. We investigate the role of spatial correlations by comparing results of evolvability in well mixed populations with results from spatially explicit populations. Spatial correlations seem to inhibit the evolution of communication in the spatially explicit version of this game. This result is unexpected, and it requires further investigation to understand.

scholarly journals Nurses’ perspectives of taking care of patients with Coronavirus disease 2019: A phenomenological study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257064
Author(s):  
Sarath Rathnayake ◽  
Damayanthi Dasanayake ◽  
Sujeewa Dilhani Maithreepala ◽  
Ramya Ekanayake ◽  
Pradeepa Lakmali Basnayake
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Hospitalised Patients ◽  
Support Mechanisms

The pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought significant pressure on nurses globally as they are the frontline of care. This study aimed to explore the experiences and challenges of nurses who worked with hospitalised patients with COVID-19. In this qualitative study, a purposive sample of 14 nurses participated in in-depth telephone interviews. Data were analysed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Five key themes emerged: (1) physical and psychological distress of nurses, (2) willingness to work, (3) the essential role of support mechanisms, (4) educational and informational needs of nurses and (5) the role of modern technology in COVID-19 care. Although the provision of care led to physical and psychological distress among nurses, with their commitment and professional obligation, it is a new experience that leads to personal satisfaction. Guilty feeling related to inefficiency of care, witnessing the suffering of patients, discomfort associated with wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), work-related issues (e.g., long hour shifts), negative impact to the family and rejection by others are the leading distress factors. Religious beliefs, including keeping trust in good and bad merits, have become a strong coping mechanism. Addressing distress among nurses is essential. The reported learning needs of nurses included skills related to donning and doffing PPE, skills in performing nursing procedures and breaking bad news. Nurse managers need to pay special attention to expanding training opportunities as well as support mechanisms, for example, welfare, appreciations and counselling services for nurses. Modern technology, particularly robots and telecommunication, can perform an essential role in COVID-19 care. The establishment of timely policies and strategies to protect health workers during a national disaster like COVID-19 is needed.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a questionnaire to describe behaviours and attitudes of physicians towards their own process of falling ill.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pilar Astier Peña ◽  
Teresa Martínez Boyero ◽  
Barbara Gómez Marco ◽  
Candela Pérez Alvarez ◽  
Alba Gállego Royo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Medical Associations ◽  
Development And Validation

Abstract Background: Physicians have not learned their role as patients. Medical associations focused mainly on mental health programs for doctors in different countries. Nevertheless, the anomalous behaviours of ill doctors exist independently of their health problem. We described the development and validation of a questionnaire to describe Behaviours and Attitudes of Doctors towards their Own Illness (BADOI).Methods: Development of the questionnaire and appearance and content validation (ACV) by experts’ debriefings; construct validation by exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); reliability by Cronbach's alpha index (CAI) and feasibility by completion time (CT), accessibility to questionnaire platform and % of not answer items.Results: A Questionnaire with 56 items was developed with 3 sections: 1) socio-demographic, professional and work-related data. 2) Activities for self-care and work impact (sick leaves and presenteeism) and physicians’ healthcare pathways (Self-management and use of healthcare services). 3) Doctors of ill doctors and the role of medical associations. The validation sample size was of 4308 physicians’ answers. The factorial model presented 5 factors explaining 78.08% variance, a high value. Factor 1 explained 26.75% of the model describing the relationship between illness and work; Factor 2 explained 16.68%, with items regarding the negative impact of mental issues, toxic habits and the use of healthcare services; Factor 3 explained 15.06%, with items considering presenteeism and sick leaves; Factor 4 explained 9.95% regarding the handling of an ill colleague and medical associations. Finally, Factor 5 explained 9.64%, with items describing healthcare given to ill physicians and the revalidation of medical profession. Discussion: The factors grouped together items relating to self-care, impact on work and physicians’ healthcare pathways (F1-F2-F3) and the role of doctors of ill doctors and of the professional associations (F4-F5), being consistent with the 2 main perspectives: personal experience and caring for ill colleagues.Conclusion: A reliable Multidimensional Questionnaire on the process of physicians becoming ill has been validated in a large sample of registered doctors. It will help to identify and quantify physicians’ healthcare pathways allowing healthcare managers to set evidence-based interventions and formulate policies and ethical recommendations regarding the management of sick doctors.

scholarly journals Organizational Politics and Work Outcomes: Moderating Role of Top Management Political Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181
Author(s):  
IMRAN KHAN ◽  
SYED MOHSIN ALI SHAH ◽  
DR. JEHANGIR
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Job Outcomes ◽  
Managerial Implication ◽  
Political Skills ◽  
Moderating Role

This quantitative research was conducted to investigate the direct effects of Organizational Politics and moderating role of Top Management Political Skills on job outcomes such as Job Satisfaction and Employee Job Performance. The data was collected from 151 employees working in a private multinational tobacco manufacturing organization Phillip Morris Swabi Pakistan. Organizational Politics with others job outcomes were also studied in Pakistani context but the moderating effect of Political Skills needs to study for minimizing the negative consequences on employees and organizational goals. Self-administered questionnaire on 5-pointLikert scale was used for data collection. SPSS 21 was used for analysis and Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Correlation and Regression analysis were run for hypotheses testing. A letter was forwarded to IR manager for questionnaire filling assuring the confidentiality of the responses made by individuals and the reason choosing their organization for the study. The results revealed negative significant positive between Organizational Politics and Employee job performance and job satisfaction. The results also revealed that there is positive significant effect between the relationship of Organizational Politics and job outcomes i.e. Job Satisfaction and Employee Job Performance for the moderating role of Top Management Political Skills. Managerial implication and future research directions are suggested for further research.

The Impact of Perceived Organizational Politics on Work Attitudes

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prerna Chhetri ◽  
Nikhat Afshan ◽  
Srabasti Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Workplace Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

An understanding of politics at workplace is of utmost importance as it is an inherent part of workplace activities. It is evident in processes such as decision making, allocation of resources. This study investigated the effect of perceived organizational politics (POP) on workplace attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Further, the paper investigated the role of Leader-Member-Exchange (LMX) on the relationship between perceived organizational politics and workplace attitude. The hypothesized relationship was tested on a sample of 228 employees from Indian IT sector. Factor Analysis on POP suggested that variables can be summarized by two factors; Perceived Politics in organizational management (POP1) and Perceived Politics in co-workers (POP2). The findings suggest that there exists a negative relation between POP and workplace attitude. The results show that incase of the relationship between POP and workplace attitude, the part of organizational politics related to management has shown a significant negative impact on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and a positive relation to turnover intention. With regard to the role of LMX in the relation between POP and workplace attitudes, results of LMX as a moderator have confirmed to the hypothesis.

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