The Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship between Organizational Politics and Work Outcomes

In a simple term, politics is a fact of life in organizations. Scholars stated that organizations are considered as political entities where employees and stakeholder’s relationships and behaviors are affected signif icantly through power and influence. Even though organizational politics is found to be useful in certain circumstances, a decade of empirical research has indicated that perceptions of politics (POP) in the work environment have received negative responses from employees. Therefore, since politics is an inherent situation in an organization it should be investigated more empirically. Generally, three lines of research exist related to organizational politics. These are; (1) Studies on influence tactics initiated by organizational members, (2) Studies on employees’ subjective perceptions of politics, and (3) Studies of political skills and capacities of individuals within the workplace.