Effect of Hotel Employees’ Organizational Politics Perception on Organizational Silence, Organizational Cynicism, and Innovation Resistance

Ki-Seoung Lee, Yoon-Seo Kim and Hyoung-Chul Shin ()
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Ki-Seoung Lee: Department of Hotel Culinary, Gangneung Yeongdong University, Gangeung 25521, Republic of Korea
Yoon-Seo Kim: Department of Foodservice and Culinary Management, Kyonggi University, Seoul 033746, Republic of Korea
Hyoung-Chul Shin: Department of Foodservice and Culinary Management, Kyonggi University, Seoul 033746, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between hotel employees’ perceptions of organizational politics, organizational silence, organizational cynicism, and innovation resistance. For this purpose, subjects ( n = 351, 235 men and 116 women) from four-star hotels in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, and Jeju-do in South Korea were surveyed. The following four hypotheses were presented to achieve this study’s goal. First, the perception of organizational politics has a positive effect on organizational silence. Second, organizational silence positively affects organizational cynicism. Third, organizational silence has a positive effect on innovation resistance. Fourth, organizational cynicism positively affects innovation resistance. The results of hypothesis testing reveal that all hypotheses except for the fourth one are accepted. This study’s findings suggest that hotels should provide a work environment that is free from unfair organizational political activities.

Keywords: organizational politics; organizational silence; organizational cynicism; innovation resistance; hotel industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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