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A time-lagged study on the moderating role of overall satisfaction in perceived politics: Job outcomes relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2016

Farooq Ahmed Jam ,
Magda B L Donia ,
Usman Raja  and
Chong Hui Ling
Farooq Ahmed Jam*
Affiliation:
Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Magda B L Donia
Affiliation:
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Usman Raja
Affiliation:
Department of Organizational Behavior, Brock University, St Catharines, ON, Canada
Chong Hui Ling
Affiliation:
Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*
Corresponding author: jam_farooq@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract

In a time-lagged study with independent measures (N=115, paired responses), we examined the interactive effects of perceived organizational politics and overall satisfaction on job stress, interpersonal conflict, job performance, and creativity. The data were collected from a diverse sample of employees from various workplaces in Pakistan. The findings showed that perceived politics had a positive effect on job stress, while overall satisfaction had a negative effect on interpersonal conflict and a positive effect on creative performance. The results also revealed that in the face of high politics, highly satisfied individuals demonstrated higher levels of creativity and job performance. However, in this context of high politics negative effects were also observed, namely that highly satisfied individuals participated in interpersonal conflict and experienced high stress.

Keywords

overall satisfactionperceived organizational politics (POP)job performancecreativityjob stressinterpersonal conflict
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Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , May 2017 , pp. 321 - 336
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2016 

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