Abstract
In today’s organizational environment, human resources are seen to be one of the most crucial assets that must be maintained, particularly the existence of employees’ proactive behavior, which is needed for the sustainability of organizational performance. One factor, which may affect the employees’ proactive behavior, is organizational politics. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational politics on proactive behavior of government employees and to test further whether this effect was moderated by self-efficacy. This study used a quantitative approach with an exploratory method to answer the proposed hypothesis. The samples were 310 local government employees in Bandung district, Cimahi City, Bandung City, and West Bandung Regency, Indonesia. For processing the data and testing the hypotheses, this research employed Moderated Regression Analysis by using STATA 13. The results showed that organizational politics has a negative effect on the proactive behavior of government employees, and the moderation effect of self-efficacy can weaken the negative relationship between organizational politics and proactive behavior. The study, therefore, makes a valuable contribution regarding the additional evidence to the organization within this field.
Highlights
Good governance is when the government is clean, authoritative (Streck, 2007), and free of political impression (Landells & Albrecht, 2017)
Based on the results and discussion of this research, organizational politics statistically had a negative effect on the proactive behavior of local government employees, Indonesia
The organizational politics exists in a country that must be wary of since organizational politics will have an adverse effect on the organization in general, and especially the proactive behavior of employees
Summary
Good governance is when the government is clean, authoritative (Streck, 2007), and free of political impression (Landells & Albrecht, 2017). S. Lin, 2012; Judge & Bretz Jr, 1994). Almost all government employees in Indonesia can talk about political events because they are involved directly or indirectly in the implementation of organizational politics in their environment. This organizational political event has a psychological impact on employees who work for the benefit of the organization (Landells & Albrecht, 2013). The employees consider that organizational politics is a quick way to gain power and position. Some people claim that politics has a negative impact on others and the organization (Vigoda, 2000), while some other employees who got promotions in political ways consider politics as a useful tool in the development of themselves and their organizations (Kacmar & Carlson, 1997)
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