All Roads Lead to Well-Being: Unexpected Relationships Between Organizational Politics Perceptions, Employee Engagement, and Worker Well-Being

Byrne, Zinta S.; Manning, Steven G.; Weston, James W.; Hochwarter, Wayne A.

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“…Although the association between stressors and engagement has been clearly established, somewhat surprisingly, there has been limited research linking the individual experience of stress itself, and engagement. Consistent with arguments that when employees experience stress their energy levels are depleted and engagement is therefore diminished (Hakanen et al, 2006; Schaufeli et al, 2009; Byrne et al, 2017), it is here proposed that stress will be negatively associated with engagement.…”

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“…As previously noted, although it has been argued that organizational politics can lead to decreased engagement (Byrne et al, 2017; Landells and Albrecht, 2017), only a few researchers have empirically examined the relationship (e.g., Karatepe, 2013; Kane-Frieder et al, 2014; Eldor, 2016). Job Demands-Resources theory (JD-R; Bakker and Demerouti, 2007, 2014) provides a potentially useful explanatory framework within which to examine the association between organizational politics and engagement.…”

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“…Humphrey et al (2007) meta-analysis of job characteristics research identified work meaningfulness as the “most critical” (p. 1341) psychological state and as having a primary influence on work outcomes such as job satisfaction and subjective ratings of performance. In addition to the outcomes included in Humphrey et al (2007) meta-analysis, meaningfulness has also been theorized and shown to be associated with engagement (Kahn, 1990; May et al, 2004; Albrecht and Su, 2012; Albrecht, 2013; Kahn and Heaphy, 2014; Byrne et al, 2017). May et al (2004) showed that meaningfulness had a strong positive association with engagement.…”

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“…A limited number of researchers have investigated whether constructs such as psychological needs satisfaction, stress, psychological safety, and morale mediate the relationships between organizational politics and outcomes such as creativity and proactive behavior (Chang et al, 2009; Rosen and Levy, 2013; Li et al, 2014; Rosen et al, 2014). Recently, researchers (e.g., Byrne et al, 2017; Landells and Albrecht, 2017) have theorized that the psychological conditions of psychological availability, safety, and meaningfulness (Kahn, 1990) provide insight into ‘the black box’ explanatory mechanisms that link perceptions of organizational politics and engagement. As previously noted, although researchers have found that the psychological conditions mediate the relationships between job resources and engagement, the propositions that work meaningfulness mediates the associations between organizational politics and both employee engagement and stress remain largely untested.…”

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Perceived Organizational Politics, Engagement, and Stress: The Mediating Influence of Meaningful Work

Landells

Albrecht

2019

Front. Psychol.

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The research aimed to assess proposed associations between organizational politics and employee engagement, employee stress (or more correctly ‘strain’), and work meaningfulness. Very few studies have examined these associations. Confirmatory factor analyses established the dimensionality and reliability of the full measurement model across two independent samples ( N = 303, N = 373). Structural equation modeling supported the proposed direct associations between organizational politics, operationalized as a higher order construct, and employee stress and employee engagement. These relationships were shown to be partially mediated by meaningful work. As such, politics had significant indirect effects on engagement and stress through meaningful work. The results also showed a significant and direct association between stress and engagement. Overall, the results shed important new light on the factors that influence engagement, and identify work meaningfulness as an important psychological mechanism that can help explain the adverse impact of organizational politics on employee engagement and stress. The results also support the dimensionality and validity of a new set of measures of perceived organizational politics focused on generalized perceptions about the use and abuse of relationships, resources, reputation, decisions, and communication channels. More generally, the results serve as a platform for further research regarding the negative influence of organizational politics on a range of individual and organizational outcomes.

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Perceived Organizational Politics, Engagement, and Stress: The Mediating Influence of Meaningful Work

Landells

Albrecht

2019

Front. Psychol.

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“…when employees feel tied to their jobs, they will be encouraged to try more optimally. Work engagement reflects to the energy which employees brought in their work (Byrne et al, 2017).…”

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Psychological Meaningfulness and Work Engagement Effect on Doctor’s Job Satisfaction

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Chaterine

Hardjono

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JDM

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This research aims to investigate the job satisfaction of the doctors with psychological meaningfulness and work engagement as antecedent variables, in Java, Indonesia. The sampling technique used in this research was convenience sampling method and snowball sampling method. To analyze the data, this research used the SEM program, assisted with AMOS 23. The results of this study indicate that psychological meaningfulness effect on work engagement. However, no effect on job satisfaction. While the work engagement has an effect on job satisfaction. The work engagement is significant as intervening variable in the influence of psychological meaningfulness toward job satisfaction. These results support the work situation of doctors in Indonesia who have high workloads but can still feel job satisfaction. High work engagement will make the doctors feel enthusiasm and dedication even though the workload is high with abnormal work hours. These results support the work situation of doctors in Indonesia who have high workloads but can still feel job satisfaction. AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki kepuasan kerja para dokter dengan kebermaknaan psikologis dan keterikatan kerja sebagai variabel anteseden, di Jawa, Indonesia. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode convenience sampling dan metode snowball sampling. Untuk menganalisis data, penelitian ini menggunakan program SEM, dengan AMOS 23. Hasil penelitian imenunjukkan bahwa kebermaknaan psikologis berpengaruh pada keterikatan kerja. Namun, tidak berpengaruh pada kepuasan kerja. Sedangkan keterikatan kerja berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan kerja. Keterikatan kerja berpengaruh signifikan sebagai variabel mediasi dalam pengaruh kebermaknaan psikologis terhadap kepuasan kerja. Tingginya keterikatan kerja akan membuat para dokter merasa lebih antusias dan berdedikasi meskipun tekanan pekerjaan tinggi dengan jam kerja diluar dari normal. Hasil ini mendukung bahwa situasi kerja para dokter di Indonesia, meskipun dengan beban kerja yang tinggi mereka masih dapat merasakan kepuasan kerja.JEL Classification: M3, M31

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Politics in organizations: Lessons, challenges and future directions

Kapoutsis

Thanos

2018

European Management Journal

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All Roads Lead to Well-Being: Unexpected Relationships Between Organizational Politics Perceptions, Employee Engagement, and Worker Well-Being

Cited by 24 publications

References 144 publications

Perceived Organizational Politics, Engagement, and Stress: The Mediating Influence of Meaningful Work

Perceived Organizational Politics, Engagement, and Stress: The Mediating Influence of Meaningful Work

Psychological Meaningfulness and Work Engagement Effect on Doctor’s Job Satisfaction

Politics in organizations: Lessons, challenges and future directions

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