Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power

This study examined the relationship between need for power and personal attributes with the perception on office politics.It involved 130 government officers who are in grade 41 to 44 and serve in government agencies in Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia.They are selected by using dis proporti...

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Main Authors: Daud, Zulkiflee, Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal, Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah, Zainol, Zairani
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spelling my.uum.repo.122812016-04-18T03:22:59Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12281/ Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power Daud, Zulkiflee Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah Zainol, Zairani HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study examined the relationship between need for power and personal attributes with the perception on office politics.It involved 130 government officers who are in grade 41 to 44 and serve in government agencies in Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia.They are selected by using dis proportionate stratified random sampling method.In measuring perception of office politics, this study has adopted Kachmar and Carlson’s (1997) perception of politics measurement.In addition, personal attribute was measured by adopting Personal Attributes Questionnaire developed by Spence and Helmreich (in Ward, Thorn, Clements, Dixon and Sanford, 2006) and the researcher has utilized Needs Assessment Questionnaire (NAQ) constructed by Heckert, Cuneio, Hannah, Adams, Droste, Mueller, Wallis, Griffin and Roberts (1999) to measure need for power.Correlation and regression analyses results have exhibited that both factors of need for power, namely need for dominating and need for authority, have a significant negative relationships and effect on perceptions of politics. This result has carried evidence that when employees feel that politics become a dirty game in an office, they tend to reduce their need for dominating and need for authority in implementing their job.A dirty political game will reduce employees’ motivation.Hence, they will just follow the instruction ordered by their superior without showing their creativity. Centre for Promoting Ideas (CPI), USA 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12281/1/4.pdf Daud, Zulkiflee and Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal and Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah and Zainol, Zairani (2013) Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power. International Journal of Business and Social Science (IJBSS), 4 (11). pp. 29-35. ISSN 2219-1933 http://ijbssnet.com/index.php/archive
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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Daud, Zulkiflee
Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Zainol, Zairani
Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power
description This study examined the relationship between need for power and personal attributes with the perception on office politics.It involved 130 government officers who are in grade 41 to 44 and serve in government agencies in Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia.They are selected by using dis proportionate stratified random sampling method.In measuring perception of office politics, this study has adopted Kachmar and Carlson’s (1997) perception of politics measurement.In addition, personal attribute was measured by adopting Personal Attributes Questionnaire developed by Spence and Helmreich (in Ward, Thorn, Clements, Dixon and Sanford, 2006) and the researcher has utilized Needs Assessment Questionnaire (NAQ) constructed by Heckert, Cuneio, Hannah, Adams, Droste, Mueller, Wallis, Griffin and Roberts (1999) to measure need for power.Correlation and regression analyses results have exhibited that both factors of need for power, namely need for dominating and need for authority, have a significant negative relationships and effect on perceptions of politics. This result has carried evidence that when employees feel that politics become a dirty game in an office, they tend to reduce their need for dominating and need for authority in implementing their job.A dirty political game will reduce employees’ motivation.Hence, they will just follow the instruction ordered by their superior without showing their creativity.
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Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Zainol, Zairani
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Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
Wan Mohd Noor, Wan Shakizah
Zainol, Zairani
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title Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power
title_short Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power
title_full Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power
title_fullStr Office politics: The reduction of employees’ need for power
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publisher Centre for Promoting Ideas (CPI), USA
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