Decoding Perception of Organisational Politics: Role of Relationship Conflict, Role Ambiguity and Need for Power
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https://doi.org/10.58574/jaa.2025.v4.i2.04Keywords:
POP, Role Ambiguity, Relationship Conflict, Need for PowerAbstract
The discernment regarding the internal dynamics of the organisation is a very important factor which impacts the overall system and the working methodology of the organisation. It is prominently present in the organisation all the time and almost at all levels in the hierarchy, especially at the middle level. The current investigation centres on the impact of role ambiguity, relationship conflict and need for power on perception of organisational politics. information for the research is collected in an online manner through Google Forms from the organisations working in banking domains in Noida. A reliability test is used for this purpose. The association between the independent factors and the dependent factors is known through correlation and the regression test. This study suggests that there is a slight impact of need for power on the POP, while there is positive implications of confusion over roles and relationship conflict on the variable perception of politics in the private banking sector in Noida.
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