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Perceptions of Organizational Politics¡GAn Investigation of Antecedents

Abstract¡GThis investigation uses the model proposed by Ferris et al.,¡]1989¡^to study the relationships among the perceptions of organizational politics , employee¡¦s personal influences¡Morganizational influences¡M job/work environment influences in domestic enterprises. The sample consisted of 430 employee selected from five service organizations in Taiwan. The data were analyzed by applying statistical methods, including factor analysis, reliability, correlation and multiple linear regression. The major findings of this study are as fallow:
Perceptions of organizational politics were found have a negative relationship with age¡Mtenure¡Meducation¡Mhierarchical level¡Morganizational formalization¡Mskill variety¡Mjob autonomy¡Mjob feedback¡Mrelationship with supervisor¡Mrelationship with coworker and a positive relationship with organizational centralization. Those employee with high Machiavellians¡Mtype A personality or external locus might feel higher perceptions of organizational politics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0730103-185354
Date30 July 2003
CreatorsLiu, Chao-Ping
ContributorsJyh-Jer Ko, Jin-Feng Uen, 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-0730103-185354
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