Determining The Employee Reactions to Perceptions of Organizational Politics: The Role of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the direct effect of organizational politics perceptions of employees on exit, voice, loyalty, neglect and also indirect effect through job satisfaction. The data used in the study conducted for this purpose was collected through a questionnaire from retail sector employees selected by using convenience-sampling method through surveys. As a result of the analysis, it has been revealed that the perception of politics leads to the feeling of dissatisfaction among the employees. It has been determined that the perception of politics is positively related to exit and neglect, negatively related to voice and loyalty, and that job satisfaction has a mediating role in the relationship between the perception of politics and these variables.

Keywords

• Organizational Politics,Exit,Voice,Loyalty

İşgörenlerin Örgütsel Politika Algısına Tepkilerinin Belirlenmesinde İş Tatminin Rolü

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı; çalışanların örgütsel politika algılarının örgütten ayrılma, ses çıkarma, sadakat ve ihmal etme davranışları üzerindeki doğrudan etkisi ile iş tatmini aracılığıyla dolaylı etkisinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda gerçekleştirilen çalışmada kullanılan veri kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen perakende sektörü çalışanlarından anket yoluyla toplanmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucu, politika algısının çalışanlarda tatminsizlik duygusuna yol açtığını ortaya konulmuştur. Politika algısının örgütten ayrılma ve ihmal etme davranışıyla pozitif, ses verme ve sadakat ile ise negatif ilişkili olduğu ve politika algısı ile söz konusu değişkenler arasındaki ilişkide iş tatminin aracılık rolünün bulunduğu belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Örgütsel Politika,Örgütten Ayrılma,Ses Çıkarma,Sadakat,İhmal Etme

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