Abstract

Present study was carried out to examine the impact of perceived organizational politics (POP) on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), affective commitment (AC), and job involvement (JI). A convenient sample of teachers (N = 494) of different public sector universities of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan was included in this study. Correlational survey research design was undertaken in order to accomplish the current study. Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale (Lee & Allen, 2002), Organizational Commitment Scale (Allen & Meyer, 1990), Organizational Politics Scale (Kacmar & Carlson, 1997), and Job Involvement Scale (Kanungo, 1982) were used for assessment. Appropriate analyses were carried out to analyze data through SPSS-21 version. Multiple regression analysis revealed that POP and its constructs that included general political behavior (GPB), go-along-to-get-ahead (GATGA), and pay-and- promotions-policies (PPP) not only predicted OCB negatively but also found to be the significant negative predictors of AC and JI. Implications of this study and suggestions for future empirical exploration of the constructs are discussed.