Does Organizational Political Behavior Perception Elicit Employee s' Helping Behavior?——An Explanation Based on the Socioanalytic Theory

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the socioanalytic theory, applying LMS method, this study examines the relationship between organizational political behavior perception and employees’ helping behavior through 2,596 paired samples. Results show that impression management motivation mediates the negative relationship between the perception of general political behavior and helping behavior, but maintains a positive relationship between the perception of going along to get ahead and helping behavior; while political skill weakens those mediation effects. These results indicate that the relationship between organizational political behavior perception and helping behavior is influenced by the interaction of motivation and ability; the effect mechanisms of different dimensions are different; the outcomes are co-determined by multi-level factors from individual-organization; and helping behavior could be explained by the logic of pragmaticism. Finally, the theoretical contributions along with practical implications are discussed, and the research limitations and future prospects in terms of method, measurement, definition, analytic level and theoretical basis are pointed out.

Key words: perception of organizational political behavior, helping behavior, socioanalytic theory, latent moderated structural equations

Qu Jiaojiao, Zhao Yixuan, Zhao Shuming. Does Organizational Political Behavior Perception Elicit Employee s' Helping Behavior?——An Explanation Based on the Socioanalytic Theory[J]. , 2020, 32(5): 217-232.

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