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Appraising organizational politics and support: challenging employees to engage

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dc.contributor.authorManning, Steven G., author
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Zinta, advisor
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Gwen, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRickard, Kathryn, committee member
dc.contributor.authorGanster, Dan, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-07T17:19:52Z
dc.date.available2019-01-07T17:19:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractOrganizational politics are an inevitable part of organizational life (Hochwarter, Ferris, Laird, Treadway, & Gallagher, 2010) and yet research has largely demonstrated that perceptions of politics are typically negative and, consequently, have a negative influence on employees (Bedi & Schat, 2013; Rosen & Hochwarter, 2014). Because politics are so prevalent – and indeed necessary – in organizations (e.g., Pfeffer, 1992), researchers have recently called for a broader perspective that considers the positive aspects of politics. Although some have forged new roads to examine the positive side of politics (Albrecht & Landells, 2012; Hochwarter, 2012), the journey has only just begun. Therefore, contributing to this line of research, the current study flips the focus on politics research from negative outcomes to positive by exploring when and how a negative perception of politics can lead to positive outcomes for employees and the organization. By experimentally manipulating participants' perceptions of politics and organizational support, I hypothesized that some work environments lead employees to perceive politics as a challenge stressor (Byrne, Manning, Weston, & Hochwarter, 2017; Cavanaugh, Boswell, Roehling, & Boudreau, 2000) encouraging them to act (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) and increase engagement at work. Results of analyses using 258 participants demonstrates experimentally that organizational politics and organizational support impact participants' appraisals of the environment as challenging or hindering. Additionally, political environments are negatively associated with persisting on a frustrating task. This experimental study provides a nuanced and novel view of political environments without re-conceptualizing what organizational politics are, and helps to explain how employees perceive positive outcomes at work even though organizational politics are so prevalent and most often considered a negative influence at work.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierManning_colostate_0053A_15259.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/193218
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectemployee disengagement
dc.subjecthindrance appraisal
dc.subjectorganizational support
dc.subjectemployee engagement
dc.subjectchallenge appraisal
dc.subjectorganizational politics
dc.titleAppraising organizational politics and support: challenging employees to engage
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thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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