TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of organizational politics
T2 - A need satisfaction paradigm
AU - Rosen, Christopher C.
AU - Ferris, D. Lance
AU - Brown, Douglas J.
AU - Chen, Yuanyi
AU - Yan, Ming
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Stressor and exchange relationship paradigms have developed in isolation from each other to explain the negative effects of perceived organizational politics. We outline how these different paradigms share a common basis-a focus on psychological need satisfaction-and develop a needs-based paradigm to account for the negative effects of perceived organizational politics. Moreover, we argue that psychological need satisfaction acts as an unmeasured third variable, which, once accounted for, should limit the utility of stressor and exchange relationship paradigms. Across four samples using a combination of multiple sources, operationalizations of constructs, and measurement occasions, we found full support for the needs-based paradigm as a mediator of the effects of politics on contextual performance, creativity, and proactive behavior, whereas strain and exchange relationship constructs by and large had no effect on outcomes once psychological need satisfaction was accounted for. Theoretical implications and future research directions are discussed.
AB - Stressor and exchange relationship paradigms have developed in isolation from each other to explain the negative effects of perceived organizational politics. We outline how these different paradigms share a common basis-a focus on psychological need satisfaction-and develop a needs-based paradigm to account for the negative effects of perceived organizational politics. Moreover, we argue that psychological need satisfaction acts as an unmeasured third variable, which, once accounted for, should limit the utility of stressor and exchange relationship paradigms. Across four samples using a combination of multiple sources, operationalizations of constructs, and measurement occasions, we found full support for the needs-based paradigm as a mediator of the effects of politics on contextual performance, creativity, and proactive behavior, whereas strain and exchange relationship constructs by and large had no effect on outcomes once psychological need satisfaction was accounted for. Theoretical implications and future research directions are discussed.
KW - Contextual performance
KW - Creativity
KW - Organizational politics
KW - Proactive behavior
KW - Self-determination theory
KW - Social exchange
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1287/orsc.2013.0857
DO - 10.1287/orsc.2013.0857
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84904904321
SN - 1047-7039
VL - 25
SP - 1026
EP - 1055
JO - Organization Science
JF - Organization Science
IS - 4
ER -