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An Examination of Tenure in Negative Organizational Environments


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1 Department of Business Administration Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Elon University, Elon, NC., United States
2 Department of Business Management and Administration Foster College of Business Administration Bradley University, Peoria, IL, United States
3 Department of Management & Marketing Cameron School of Business University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC, United States
     

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The purpose of this study was to examine how tenure moderates the relationships between the independent variables politics perceptions and perceived organizational support, and the dependent variable individual intentions to turnover. Regression analyses on data from 338 full-time employees at a water management district revealed that turnover intentions were positively related to perceptions of politics, and were negatively related to perceived organizational support. Additionally, hierarchical moderated regression analysis revealed that in organizational environments perceived as being very political and/or lacking effective support (e.g., negative environments), shorter tenure in the organization was associated with increased levels of turnover intentions. Managerial implications for addressing negative organizational environments are discussed.

Keywords

Organizational Politics, Organizational Support, Negative Organizational Environment
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Matthew Valle
Department of Business Administration Martha and Spencer Love School of Business Elon University, Elon, NC., United States
Ken Harris
Department of Business Management and Administration Foster College of Business Administration Bradley University, Peoria, IL, United States
Martha C. Andrews
Department of Management & Marketing Cameron School of Business University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC, United States

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to examine how tenure moderates the relationships between the independent variables politics perceptions and perceived organizational support, and the dependent variable individual intentions to turnover. Regression analyses on data from 338 full-time employees at a water management district revealed that turnover intentions were positively related to perceptions of politics, and were negatively related to perceived organizational support. Additionally, hierarchical moderated regression analysis revealed that in organizational environments perceived as being very political and/or lacking effective support (e.g., negative environments), shorter tenure in the organization was associated with increased levels of turnover intentions. Managerial implications for addressing negative organizational environments are discussed.

Keywords


Organizational Politics, Organizational Support, Negative Organizational Environment

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