Abstract
The antecedent to job stress has been investigated in this study as job stress badly affects people's mental as well as physiological health. Extensive literature review on organizational politics reveals that Job stress is one of its inevitable outcomes. The purpose of this research is to empirically test the relationship between perception of organizational politics and job stress, in the context of Pakistan. Sample size of 70 employees from various organizations of Peshawar, Abbottabad and Islamabad were collected. Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression were used to test the hypothesis. The result supports our prediction that perception of organizational politics is significantly related to job stress. Based on the findings of this study, related implications and future avenues are also discussed.
Highlights
Employees are the back bone and valuable assets for any organization
This study is focused on investigating the impact of this perception of organizational politics on job stress which is under-explored especially in the context of Pakistan
The knowledge gained from this research would help managers to know, anticipate and deal with political behaviors encountered in organizations, in a better way
Summary
Organization will focus on the performance of the employees and the factors which will directly and indirectly affect the performance of the employees. An important factor which affects the performance of an employee at work is perception of organizational politics. Perception of organizational politics directly affects the study of employees and causes a high level of job stress. This study is focused on investigating the impact of this perception of organizational politics on job stress which is under-explored especially in the context of Pakistan. Poon (2003) suggested that keeping in view its importance at work place; organizational politics requires to be investigated more expansively. The knowledge gained from this research would help managers to know, anticipate and deal with political behaviors encountered in organizations, in a better way
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