The purpose of this paper is to examine hostility as a mediator of the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics (POP) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB).,The authors’ examined the mediation model using a sample of 171 full-time employees studying in an evening MBA program. The authors’ collected the data for this study in three waves.,The findings supported all of the hypotheses. POP was positively related to both hostility and CWB. Moreover, hostility mediated the relationships between POP and both organizational and interpersonal CWB.,Given that individuals high in emotional intelligence (EI) are better at regulating their negative emotions, EI training may be a powerful tool for reducing the hostility elicited among organizational members in response to POP, and consequently, their engagement in CWB.,The current study uncovered the emotional mechanism that underlies the POP-CWB relationship. The findings have intriguing implications in terms of potential moderators that can be developed through interventions in an attempt to reduce the hostility and CWB that result from POP.

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感知的组织政治和适得其反的工作行为

本文的目的是研究敌对作为组织政治知觉（POP）与适得其反的工作行为（CWB）之间关系的中介者。作者使用171名全职员工研究了中介模型晚上的MBA课程。作者分三波收集了本研究的数据。研究结果支持了所有的假设。POP与敌意和CWB均呈正相关。此外，敌对性介导了POP与组织和人际CWB之间的关系。鉴于情绪智力高（EI）的个体更擅长调节其负面情绪，EI培训可能是减少组织成员在组织内引起敌意的有力工具对POP的回应，因此，他们参与了CWB。当前的研究揭示了构成POP-CWB关系基础的情感机制。这些发现对于潜在的主持人具有引人入胜的意义，可以通过干预来减少潜在的主持人，以减少持久性有机污染物导致的敌对和CWB。