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Employees' knowledge sharing behaviour and work engagement: the role of organisational politics

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  • Bindu Gupta

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Politics is an inevitable fact of organisation life. Political behaviour in an organisation is mostly covert and subject to differences in perception. The presence of organisational politics is a situational indicator based on individual interpretations of the organisational climate that is expected to influence employee behaviour. If employees perceive a highly political organisational atmosphere, all behaviour in the organisation will be interpreted in that light. The objective of the present research was to test a model of the relationship between employees' perceptions of organisational politics and their tendency to engage in knowledge sharing behaviour and their work engagement. It conjectures that if employees perceive more politics in organisation, they are less likely to be involved in knowledge sharing behaviour and will be less engaged. It also examines the influence of organisational politics on job satisfaction and intention to quit. Data were collected from 114 full-time employees. Results indicated that employees' perceptions of organisational politics significantly influence work engagement, job satisfaction and intention to quit and unrelated to knowledge sharing behaviour.

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  • Bindu Gupta, 2011. "Employees' knowledge sharing behaviour and work engagement: the role of organisational politics," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2), pages 160-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:4:y:2011:i:2:p:160-177
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