Abstract
The principal purpose of the study was to address the effect of organizational politics on job satisfaction in education sector by assessing the positive and negative organizational politics, assessing the connection between organizational politics and job satisfaction and identifying the major job satisfaction factors. The main research design was a case study. The study has a population of 36 with a sample size of 24 from all functions performed using systematic stratified random sampling. The data collection instrument used was questionnaire with a survey as data gathering technique. It was realized that organizational politics relates with job satisfaction in the education sector of Ghana. Also, positive political behavior can be advantageous to greater organizational equality and money, culture, working conditions and security are major factors of job satisfaction respectively.
Highlights
The behavior in human interactions and method including authority and power is organizational politics (Park & Lee, 2020)
Findings are the conclusions depicted from the results of the study. It was concluded from the study results that organizational politics has effect on job satisfaction in education sector of Ghana since majority of the respondents contented with the objectives of the study
About 36.4%, 87.5%, 75% and 50% respondents intensely approved that within political environments, workers incline to sense endangered by the ambiguity, self-interest actions and uncertainty that happen with persons, culture with no trust will possibly not boost knowledge transfer from person to group, even persons who are indirectly affected by the main political action can have negative consequences from political climate, organizations frequently are crippled by organizational politics in the education sector of Ghana respectively
Summary
The behavior in human interactions and method including authority and power is organizational politics (Park & Lee, 2020). Political behaviour has been helpful to business groups and have contributed to organization growth and accomplishments worldwide (Hadi, Abd, & Rezal, 2014). There can be negative and positive effect of organizational politics on job satisfaction (“Organizational Politics : The Positive and Negative Sides,” 2015). There is one way or the other politics in every business. When there is association between powerful managers and organization member, highly beneficial proposal may be considered but could be disregarded otherwise. Organization’s culture has influence in organization’s general political climate
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