Mediating Organizational Silence in the Relationship between Perceived Organizational Politics and Job Burnout: An Empirical Study on Service Districts Employees in Dakahleya Governorate

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Department of Business Administration Faculty of Commerce Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the direct relationship between the perceived organizational politics and job burnout among service districts employees in dakahleya governorate, and the indirect role of organizational silence as a mediator variable. Primary data was collected based on a questionnaire collected from a sample consisting of 356 Employees, among them was 312 valid surveys with a response rate of 87.6%. Partial least square (PLS) was used to validate and test the measurement and structural models. The findings revealed a significant positive impact for the perceived organizational politics on job burnout among employees and their organizational silence behaviors. The result also showed that organizational silence mediated the relationship between the perceived organizational politics and job burnout among service districts employees in dakahleya governorate.

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