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Nourishing or suppressing? The contradictory influences of perception of organizational politics on organizational citizenship behaviour.
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Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology . Jun2012, Vol. 85 Issue 2, p258-276. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Drawing on both social exchange theory and impression management theory, this study sought to explain how perception of organizational politics (POP) influences organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) through two contrary psychological processes. We proposed that through the mediation of job satisfaction, POP has an inhibiting effect on OCB; through the mediation of careerism, POP has a nourishing effect on OCB. Data were obtained from 393 police officers and their colleagues from a city police department in northern Taiwan. Results from structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed that the relationship between POP and OCB was negatively mediated by job satisfaction and positively mediated by careerism. Such antithetical psychological processes imply that employees may experience psychological dilemmas over the performance of OCB when they perceive their organization as political. Implications for theory and future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HYPOTHESIS
*CHI-squared test
*CONCEPTUAL structures
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*EMPLOYEE attitudes
*FACTOR analysis
*JOB satisfaction
*MATHEMATICAL models
*SENSORY perception
*POLICE
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*STATISTICS
*T-test (Statistics)
*WORK environment
*THEORY
*LABELING theory
*STRUCTURAL equation modeling
*INTER-observer reliability
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*OFFICE politics
*JOB Descriptive Index
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09631798
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 75052321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02030.x