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- Title
POLITICS, JUSTICE, STRESS, AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANIZATIONS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS.
- Authors
Nasurdin, Aizzat Mohd.; Hazlina Ahmad, Noor; Arwani Razalli, Amin
- Abstract
The paper aims to test a proposed model linking organizational politics and organizational justice (distributive justice and procedural justice) indirectly with deviant behaviour through stress. Data was gathered using self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 279 production employees within the electronics industry of Malaysia. Our confirmatory factor analysis results illustrate that deviant behavior is a unidimensional construct in the context of Malaysia. In addition, structural equation modeling procedure used in our model testing indicates that both organizational politics and organizational justice (distributive and procedural) affect deviant behaviour via the mediating role of stress. Our results suggest the need for organizations to have clearly-defined policies and procedures in allocating work outcomes, treat employees in a fair manner, and encourage employee participation. Although some limitations have been acknowledged, the value of this study lies in its contribution in providing validation evidence of the applicability of research findings abroad to non-Western nations. In conclusion, our proposed model was supported whereby environmental elements (organizational politics and organizational justice) were found to affect an individual's behavioural response (organizational deviance) through his/her internal affective state (stress).
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; DISTRIBUTIVE justice; ORGANIZATIONAL justice; PRACTICAL politics; ELECTRONIC industries; STRESS management; EMPLOYEE empowerment; ECONOMICS
- Publication
International Journal of Business & Society, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 2, p235
- ISSN
1511-6670
- Publication type
Article