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Dispositions and Organizational Politics Perceptions


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1 Department of Business Administration Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Elon University, Elon, NC 27244-2010
2 Department of Management College of Business Administration University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
3 Department of Management College of Business Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306
     

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dispositional affectivity (positive and negative affectivity) and organizational politics perceptions. Regression analyses on data from 501 full-time employees of a customer service organization in the eastern United States revealed that measures of trait NA were positively related to perceptions of politics, and measures of trait PA negatively related to perceptions of politics. In addition, we found that perceptions of politics were lower for those individuals who were both low in NA and high in PA. Implications for understanding the dispositional nature of organizational politics perceptions are discussed.

Keywords

Organizational Politics, Dispositional Affectivity, WA and PA
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Matthew Valle
Department of Business Administration Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Elon University, Elon, NC 27244-2010
L. A. Witt
Department of Management College of Business Administration University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
Wayne A Hochwarter
Department of Management College of Business Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dispositional affectivity (positive and negative affectivity) and organizational politics perceptions. Regression analyses on data from 501 full-time employees of a customer service organization in the eastern United States revealed that measures of trait NA were positively related to perceptions of politics, and measures of trait PA negatively related to perceptions of politics. In addition, we found that perceptions of politics were lower for those individuals who were both low in NA and high in PA. Implications for understanding the dispositional nature of organizational politics perceptions are discussed.

Keywords


Organizational Politics, Dispositional Affectivity, WA and PA

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