Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine how perceptions of politics (POP) impact individuals’ willingness to engage in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and how this relationship is impacted by individuals’ conscientiousness and political skills.

Design/methodology/approach

Primary data collected from 211 employee working in the consultancy sector in India were analyzed using hierarchical moderated regression technique.

Findings

The authors found a significant three-way interaction between POP, conscientiousness and political skill in predicting OCB. Presence of high conscientiousness and high political skill alleviates the negative effect of politics on OCB.

Research limitations/implications

The data were collected from consultancy sector organizations, and thus, generalizability of the results is somewhat limited. Further, self-report surveys are used for data collection. Future studies should use multiple methods to collect data to avoid common method bias.

Practical implications

The results suggest that to alleviate the negative effect of POP on OCB, practitioners should recruit employees with high levels of conscientiousness and impart training to develop political skill.

Originality/value

This study attempts to take a holistic person-centric approach to study the moderating effect of personality variable and political skill when examining the linkage between perceived politics and citizenship behavior.

中文翻译：

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对政治和组织公民行为的看法：作为调节者的政治技巧和责任心

目的

本文的目的是研究政治观念 (POP) 如何影响个人参与组织公民行为 (OCB) 的意愿，以及这种关系如何受到个人责任心和政治技能的影响。

设计/方法/途径

使用分层调节回归技术分析了从印度咨询行业工作的 211 名员工收集的主要数据。

发现

作者发现 POP、责任心和政治技巧在预测 OCB 时存在显着的三向交互作用。高责任心和高政治技能的存在减轻了政治对 OCB 的负面影响。

研究局限性/影响

数据是从咨询部门组织收集的，因此，结果的普遍性有限。此外，自我报告调查用于数据收集。未来的研究应采用多种方法收集数据，避免共同方法偏差。

实际影响

结果表明，为了减轻 POP 对 OCB 的负面影响，从业者应该招聘具有高度责任感的员工，并进行培训以培养政治技能。

原创性/价值

本研究试图采用整体的以人为本的方法来研究人格变量和政治技能在检查感知政治与公民行为之间的联系时的调节作用。