ISSN 2756-3677
International Journal of Banking, Economics and Finance ISSN: 8201-4728 Vol. 2 (3), pp. 001-012, March, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Perception of organizational politics and LMX: Linkages in distributive justice and job satisfaction
Alev Katrinli, Gulem Atabay*, Gonca Gunay and Burcu Guneri Cangarli
Department of Business Administration, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.
Accepted 21 August, 2017
Abstract
This study aimed to examine (a) the mediating role of leader- member exchange (LMX) in distributive justice-job satisfaction relationship and (b) the moderating role of perceptions of organizational politics in this mediation model. Sample of the study consisted of 1401 employees working in private business enterprises in Turkey. Results showed that (a) leader member exchange partially mediated distributive justice-job satisfaction relationship, and (b) perceptions of organizational politics moderated the mediation model. Specifically, leader member exchange mediated distributive justice-job satisfaction relationship when perceptions of organizational politics is low but not when it is high. In summary, the findings demonstrated that leader member exchange and perceptions of organizational politics represent key mechanisms in determining how distributive justice is associated with job satisfaction.
Key words: Job satisfaction, leader member exchange quality, distributive justice, perceptions of organizational politics, moderated mediation model.