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Relationship between upward influence tactics and job satisfaction

This study investigates the relationship between upward influence tactics and job satisfaction from the employees in Taiwan , According to the results of analyses conducted on data collected from 2761 employees. The seven personal characteristics variables examined were gender, age, education, marriage, With subordinates the manager to work together as colleagues the period of service, in office the organization work period of service and position . Results indicated the importance of upward influence tactics and individual differences on assessments of job satisfaction as follows:
First, the upward political line obtains five constructions surface by way of the host ingredient analysis, the naming is:
(1) rationality convinces
(2) exchange and upwardly demands
(3) image to manage
(4) fawns on
(5) hindrance to exert pressure
Second, the work satisfies the feeling to obtain six constructions surface by way of the host ingredient analysis, the naming is:
(1) work achievement feeling
(2) compensation satisfies
(3) boss to satisfy
(4) is promoted the opportunity
(5) colleague to relate
(6) work support
Third, personal characteristics variable and relations upward political behavior:
(1) male are more than in the upward political behavior activity the female.
(2) work period of service 3~10 year or 30~40 year-old age level for political behavior operation degree most exuberant time.
(3) high school record, mostly also is the upward political behavior highly by chance.
(4) with subordinates the manager to work together as colleagues the period of service to be longer, the upward political behavior utilization regulation goes past high.
(5) in management level, Regarding upward political behavior by chance degree, the high social class position manager and center the social class position manager obviously is higher than the basic unit social class managers.
Fourth, personal characteristics variable and satisfies the relations with the work:
(1)different personal characteristics variable all has in the work achievement feeling reveals the difference.
(2)besides the education level, different personal characteristics variable and satisfies in the compensation on all has reveals the difference.
(3)except outside the sex, the age, the education level, other four item of personal characteristics variable and satisfies in the boss on all has reveals the difference.
(4)except outside the age, the education level, the marriage, other four item of personal characteristics variable in is promoted in the opportunity to have reveals the difference.
(5)only has the sex, is in office the organization work period of service, work official rank three item of personal characteristics variable relates in the colleague on has reveals the difference.
(6)except outside the sex, the education level, the marriage, other four item of personal characteristics variable all has in the work support reveals the difference.
Fifth, controls personal characteristics variable, satisfies the relations in view of the upward political behavior and the work, after correlation analysis result:
(1)regarding the work achievement feeling influence, "the rationality convinces" and "fawns on" presents is being connected, but "the exchange and the upward demand" presents causes the negative effect.
(2)regarding salary satisfied influence, "exchange and upward demand" the upward political behavior effect is best, but uses "the hindrance exerts pressure" the way, then possibly instead causes the negative effect.
(3)regarding the boss satisfied influence, the utilization "fawns on" the effect is best, adopts "the hindrance exerts pressure" the way to be able to appear the negative effect.
(4)regarding is promoted the opportunity influence, adopts "the exchange and the upward demand" is easiest to achieve the expectation goal.
(5)influence which relates regarding the colleague, "the rationality convinces" and "fawns on" has the frontage to strengthen the influence, but "the exchange and the upward demand" and "the hindrance exerts pressure" has the negative destruction influence.
(6)regarding the work support influence, adopts "the exchange and the upward demand" the upward political behavior effect is best, but "the hindrance exerts pressure" can have the negative effect.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0712106-094601
Date12 July 2006
CreatorsSu, Chen-shih
ContributorsJin Feng Uen, Chin-Kang Jen, Chin-Ming Ho
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0712106-094601
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