G. Harrell-cook et al., Political behaviors as moderators of the perceptions of organizational politics - work outcomes relationships, J ORG BEHAV, 20(7), 1999, pp. 1093-1105
This study investigates the complexities involved in the relationships betw
een perceptions of politics and work outcomes by examining the effects of p
olitical behavior on that relationship. More specifically, we suggest that
political behavior may serve as a form of control or as a mechanism for cop
ing with highly political organizational environments perceived by individu
als to be aversive. As such, we propose moderating roles of self-promotion
and ingratiation on the relationships between perceptions of politics and t
he work outcomes of satisfaction with job in general, satisfaction with sup
ervision, and intent to leave. It was hypothesized that increased exercise
of self-promotion and ingratiation behaviors would mitigate the negative ef
fects of perceptions of organizational politics on those specific outcomes.
Hypotheses were supported for the proposed relationships between self-prom
otion and two of the work outcomes: satisfaction with supervision and inten
t to leave. Significant effects were also found for ingratiation; however,
they were opposite-to those proposed for the perceptions of organizational
politics-intent to leave relationship. Implications of results and areas fo
r future research are discussed. Copyright (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.