Abstract
Results of analyses conducted on data collected from 313 employees of one University. The results of this research indicate as follows:
Dimensionality of Organizational Politics Perceptions
The responses to the 32-items Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) were subjected to principal components analysis with Varimax rotation. A four-factor solution was found to be most interpretable, with loadings of .50 and above used as an item retention criterion, resulting in a total of 16 items being retained across the four tactical importances. It is comprised four subscales: (1) Supervisor Behavior, (2) General Politics Behavior, (3) Organization Policies and Practices, and (4) Coworker & Clique Behavior.
Relationships between Demographic Variables and Perceptions of Organizational Politics
1. Female¡¦s ¡§Supervisor Behavior¡¨ consciousness is stronger than male, and male¡¦s ¡§Coworker & Clique Behavior¡¨ consciousness is greater than female.
2. Subordinate¡¦s ¡§Organization Policies and Practices¡¨ consciousness is stronger than executives or above.
3. Regular staff members¡¦ ¡§Coworker & Clique Behavior¡¨ consciousness is much than non-regular staff members.
4. The University public servants¡¦ ¡§Supervisor Behavior¡¨ consciousness is much stronger than instructors.
5. Bachelor¡¦s level of education¡¦s ¡§Organization Policies and Practices¡¨ consciousness is greater than Mater¡¦s level of education or above.
Relationships between Perceptions of Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment
1. Organizational Politics was negatively related absolutely to¡¨ Retention Commitment¡¨.
2. Organizational Politics was negatively related partly to ¡§Value Commitment¡¨.
3. Organizational Politics was negatively related t partly to ¡§Effort Commitment¡¨.
Control some Demographic Variables, reported special relationships
1. Reported positively correlations between ¡§Supervisor Behavior¡¨ and ¡§Value Commitment¡¨ with executives or above.
2. Reported positively correlations between¡¨ General Politics Behavior¡¨ and ¡¨ Effort Commitment¡¨ with female employees, subordinates and non-regular staff figures.
Key word: Perceptions of Organizational Politics, Supervisor Behavior, General Politics Behavior, Organization Policies and Practices, Coworker & Clique Behavior, Organizational Commitment, Retention Commitment, Value Commitment, Effort Commitment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0808101-095106 |
| Date | 08 August 2001 |
| Creators | Wu, Hsiao-Tzu |
| Contributors | Chin-Kang Jen, Jyh-Jer Ko, Chin-Ming Ho |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0808101-095106 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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