Impact of Perceived Organizational Politics on Employee Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2112/jbe.v14i1.543Keywords:
: Perceived organizational politics, work engagement, IWEAbstract
Organizational politics is an inescapable and unavoidable portion of any organization.
Literature suggested expanding the understanding of Perceived Organizational Politics (POP), and
further, individual factors like Work engagement, to explore the moderating role of Islamic Work
ethics (IWE). This study focuses on the impact of perceived organizational Politics (POP) on employee work engagement (EWE), and the moderating role of Islamic Work Ethics between Perceived
Organizational Politics and Employee Work Engagement. Preliminary data were attained from personnel working in public sector organizations in Pakistan. The Purposive sampling technique was
applied and data were recorded with a time-lagged approach (one month apart). A field study of 239
employees nested in 9 different organizations was conducted. Linear regression was used to test the
proposed hypotheses. The results revealed a negative relation between POP and EWE. Furthermore,
when IWE was introduced as a moderator, the relation between POP and EWE was found moderated for higher IWE. This study brings important contributions to the organizations. Assimilating
IWE as resources in the job place, management will observe the utilization of resources and the level
of engagement. By adopting IWE, employees will mitigate the negative behavior.