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Perceived organizational politics and employee voice: the role of affect and supervisor political support

Perceived organizational politics and employee voice: the role of affect and supervisor political... Adopting an affective events perspective, our study investigates the relationship between perceived organizational politics (POP) and employee voice by exploring the mediating role of affect and the moderating role of supervisor political support.Design/methodology/approachThe hypothesized model was tested with three-wave data collected from 393 full-time employees.FindingsResults indicate that POP indirectly impacts employee voice through influencing positive and negative affect, and that supervisor political support moderates these indirect effects by moderating the relationship between POP and affective states.Research limitations/implicationsSurvey data can hardly test the causal relationship. Effect of employees' POP could be further examined in the lens subjective positive experiences. Organizational politics might have positive meanings.Practical implicationsOur findings show that POP brings employees negative feelings and reduces their voice behaviors while supervisor political support can mitigate this inhibiting effect. Therefore, managers should learn how to use political behavior more reasonably in highly political work environment.Originality/valueBy highlighting the possibility that employees can be beneficiaries having a vested interest in political environment and investigating the unexplored affective explanatory mechanisms underlying the POP–voice relationship, this study provides new directions for future research on POP and employee voice. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Managerial Psychology Emerald Publishing

Perceived organizational politics and employee voice: the role of affect and supervisor political support

Journal of Managerial Psychology , Volume 39 (7): 14 – Aug 29, 2024

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0268-3946
DOI
10.1108/jmp-09-2022-0454
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Abstract

Adopting an affective events perspective, our study investigates the relationship between perceived organizational politics (POP) and employee voice by exploring the mediating role of affect and the moderating role of supervisor political support.Design/methodology/approachThe hypothesized model was tested with three-wave data collected from 393 full-time employees.FindingsResults indicate that POP indirectly impacts employee voice through influencing positive and negative affect, and that supervisor political support moderates these indirect effects by moderating the relationship between POP and affective states.Research limitations/implicationsSurvey data can hardly test the causal relationship. Effect of employees' POP could be further examined in the lens subjective positive experiences. Organizational politics might have positive meanings.Practical implicationsOur findings show that POP brings employees negative feelings and reduces their voice behaviors while supervisor political support can mitigate this inhibiting effect. Therefore, managers should learn how to use political behavior more reasonably in highly political work environment.Originality/valueBy highlighting the possibility that employees can be beneficiaries having a vested interest in political environment and investigating the unexplored affective explanatory mechanisms underlying the POP–voice relationship, this study provides new directions for future research on POP and employee voice.

Journal

Journal of Managerial PsychologyEmerald Publishing

Published: Aug 29, 2024

Keywords: Employee voice; Perceived organizational politics; Affect; Supervisor political support

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