Office Politics Case Study

Office politics.

Kacmar, K.M., Bozeman, D.P., Carlson, D.S. & Anthony, W.P.(cited by Sowmya, K.R.,2011,50) offered the following definition “organizational politics involves actions by individuals, which are directed toward the goal of furthering their own self-interests without regard for the well-being of others or their organization” and this is supported by Hajji, M.A.(2014, 16) Who defined office politics as daily organization reality and practice through which an individual and/or group(s) in an organization put their personal interests and private agendas in advance of the organization they work for.
The importance of studying the phenomenon of office politics in an organization

It is important to learn the phenomenon of office politics

Furthermore according to Vigoda, E.(2002,4) political behavior may lead to stress related impacts in the work place for example backstabbing. Gilmore et al, 1996 (cited by Vigoda,2002,4) proposed organizational politics as one source of the stress and conflict in the work environment with potential for dysfunctional outcomes at both the individual and organizational level and by the he is stressing that organizational politics may lead to Job stress and burnouts. Sowmya, K.R., (2011, 51) describe burnout as a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Vigoda,E.,(2002,5) stated that employees who feel that they cannot cope with a political, hence an unfair and unjust environment, usually adopt a ‘flight’ response and quite the job meaning that they resolve it by turnover

Employees need work which is challenging and without repetitive procedure so that they will be satisfied. This will motivate employees to do their job. According to Mcshane, S.L., Von Gilnow, M.A.(2010,181) Job enrichment occurs when employees are given more responsibility for scheduling, coordinating and planning their own work. Employees take ownership and responsibility of the given task and they easily plan on how to achieve their goal and it improves job commitment through ownership.
Workrole fit
According to Krislof, 1996 (cited by May, D.R., et al, 2004, 15) Work role fit refers to the reflection of the individual employee to the role that s/he performs in the organization.A perceived “fit” between an individual’s self-concept and his/her role will lead to an experienced sense of meaning, due to the ability of the individual to express his/her values and beliefs (Oliver, A.C. and Rothmann, S., 2007, 50).
Co-worker relationship
Employee relationship affect the ability of employee to achieve certain goals furthermore employees who have good and healthy interpersonal relationship find it meaningful to go to work. From that we conclude that co-worker relationship has direct relationship with employee