Perception of Organizational Politics and Career Satisfaction: Mediating Role of Networking Ability and Self-promotion Behavior

Ganesh Bhattarai

Business Perspectives and Research, 2023, vol. 11, issue 3, 387-400

Abstract: This study has developed a model incorporating employee networking ability and self-promotion behavior in the relationship between perception of organizational politics and career satisfaction. Specifically, this study examined (a) the direct association of perception of organizational politics, networking ability, and self-promotion behavior with career satisfaction, and (b) mediating role of networking ability and self-promotion behavior in the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and career satisfaction. Positivist research philosophy and deductive reasoning approach were adopted to conclude. “AMOS†structural equation modeling was used to examine self-reported perceptual cross-sectional data acquired from 725 employees working in Nepalese commercial banks. The direct influence of organizational politics on career satisfaction was significant, although it was in the opposite direction of the predicted connection. Both networking abilities and self-promotion behavior mediated the association between organizational politics perception and career satisfaction. Besides the hypothesized relationship, a causal impact of self-promotion behavior on networking ability was established to improve the model fit index. Direct and indirect (through networking ability and self-promotion behavior) effects of perception of organizational politics on an employee’s career satisfaction were measured. It issuggested that the findings have a number of theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords: Perception of Organizational Politics; Networking Ability; Self-promotion; Career Satisfaction; Employee’s Political Skill; Employee’s Political Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/22785337211070379

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