THE DIMENSIONS OF POLITICS PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL PREDICTORS

This study addresses limitations of prior research on politics by firs t addressing the multidimensionality of politics perceptions through a ssessing the confirmatory fit of 1-, 3-. and 5-factor models. Secondly , the study examines the relative effects of organizational and person al characteristics on politics perceptions, as well as their interacti ons. Results indicate that 5 underlying dimensions of politics percept ions demonstrate the best fit to the data, and that these dimensions a re differentially influenced by organizational and individual-level fa ctors and their interactions. Implications of the results are discusse d.