Abstract
This study aims to investigate how a Psychological contract breach can mediate the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and job attitudes and how political skill and work ethic can influence the negative association between perceptions of organizational politics and job attitudes. A systematic sampling method was used with a sampling size of 310 faculty members of public sector universities of Pakistan. Data were analyzed by using partial least squares structural equations modeling PLS-SEM to test the hypotheses by Smart PLS software. The findings revealed that the perception of politics is significantly and negatively related to job attitudes and indirectly through psychological contract breach. Moreover, the results indicated a significant moderating effect of work ethic on the relationship between the perception of politics and job attitudes. However, political skill did not moderate the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and job attitudes. Moreover, research implications and limitations are elucidated.
Highlights
In recent times, higher education has been acknowledged by researchers as an avenue to acquire knowledge [1,2]
The findings revealed that the linkage between perception of organizational politics (POP) and Job Satisfaction (JS) is partially mediated by Psychological contract breach (PCB)
Our results revealed a negative relationship of POP and job attitudes which can be weakened by work ethic
Summary
Higher education has been acknowledged by researchers as an avenue to acquire knowledge [1,2]. It is observed that knowledge acquired in this area helps in contributing immensely to the socio-economic health of a country state. Focusing on organizational and individual needs will help to achieve this result [1]. Politics are essential but the manner in which they are pursued will demonstrate whether the entity will flourish or stagnate. The famous quote espoused by Mohith Agadi comes to mind: “Office politics are worse than state politics.
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