The impact of regulatory pressures and organizational symmetry on the relationship between individuals' perception of organizational politicization and their attitudes towards the work environment:

Metwaly, Sherif Saied; El Banwy, Maha Mohamed

doi:10.21608/acj.2018.35662

The impact of regulatory pressures and organizational symmetry on the relationship between individuals' perception of organizational politicization and their attitudes towards the work environment: "A field study on localities in Sharqia Governorate"

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Business Administration Department Faculty Of Commerce Zagzig University Zagzig Egypt

10.21608/acj.2018.35662

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of organizational stress and identification on the relationship between employees’ perception of organizational politics and their attitudes towards work environment. Four main hypotheses were developed, and a questionnaire was used to collect data from a stratified random sample consisting of 342 employees working in local governance units in Sharkeya governorate. Simple regression and MANOVA were used to test the first hypothesis and results showed that there is a significant relationship between employees’ perception of organizational politics and their attitudes towards work environment inside the four categories of Sharkeya local governance employees’ organizational identification. Structure Equation Model (SEM) was used to test the second, third, and fourth hypotheses; results showed that organizational stress mediates the relationships between employees’ perception of organizational politics and their attitudes towards work environment. In addition, organizational stress strengthens (organizes) the negative relationship between employees’ perception of organizational politics and organizational identification. Moreover, organizational identification moderates the relationship between employees’ perception of organizational politics and their attitudes towards work environment. Therefore, this study contributed in improving famous "Ferris et al" model through developing the concept of perceived control which represents one of the most important mediator variable in this model in the light of cognitive theory of stress and coping premises. Finally, results were discussed, empirical implications were formulated, managerial applications were presented, and limitations and future researches were suggested.

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