Organizational Politics and Its Effects on Members of Organizations

Abstract

The study examines the relationship between political behaviors, e.g., ingratiation, structure change, cooptation, and threat, and their outcomes such as interpersonal trust, alienation, and feeling about job performance. A negative relationship between political behaviors and interpersonal trust andfeelings about performance, and a positive relationship between political behaviors and alienation is hypothesized. Results largely support the hypotheses. However, a relationship between political behaviors and feelings about job performance is marginal. Findings are discussed in the light of available research.