Turnover intentions and political influence behavior: a test of "fight-or-flight" responses to organizational injustice

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Date
2012
Authors
Ansari, Mahfooz A.
Aafaqi, Rehana
Chow, May Sim
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Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
Abstract
We examined the role of organizational frustration as a linking mechanism between the perception of organizational injustice and fight (political influence behavior)/flight (turnover intentions) responses. The participants were 201 middle-level managers drawn from manufacturing and logistic companies in northern Malaysia. Data were collected by means of a printed questionnaire. Whereas all the three components of injustice--procedural, distributive, and interactional--had significant positive impact on turnover intentions and political influence behavior, only procedural injustice and distributive injustice had such impact on frustration. Interestingly, organizational frustration played a partial mediating role in the relationship of distributive and procedural injustice with turnover intentions and political influence behavior. Implications of the findings for those in managerial roles and directions for future research are suggested.
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Keywords
Organizational injustice , Frustration , Turnover intentions , Political behavior , Organizational frustration , Political influence , Middle-level managers
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Ansari, M. A., Aafaqi, R., & Chow, M. S. (2012). Turnover intentions and political influence behavior: A test of "fight-or-flight" responses to organizational injustice. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2), 99-108.
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