SELMA ARIKAN

İşyerinde kullanılan politik taktiklere yönelik olası bireysel önceller üzerine bir araştırma

Bu araştırma kapsamında; çoğunluğu uzman seviyesinde olan ve ağırlıklı olarak finans, bilgi teknolojileri, eğitim ve danışmanlık gibi hizmet sektörlerinde çalışan toplam 130 katılımcıdan toplanan veriler neticesinde; çalışanların kariyer hedefleri ile uyguladıkları politik taktikler arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Bu ilişki incelenirken çalışanın örgütüyle ilgili güç aralığı algısı ve belirsizlikten kaçınması da dikkate alınmıştır. Yapılan analizler neticesinde bazı kariyer hedefleri ve politik taktikler arasında ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Statü ve etkinlik kazanma hedefinin göze girme, mantık ve açıklıkla ikna taktiklerini etkileyebileceği gözlemlenmiştir. Çalışanın algıladığı güç aralığının da statü ve etkinlik kazanma hedefi ile etkileşime girerek göze girme taktiğinin uygulanmasını arttırabileceği ve özerklik geliştirme hedefi ile etkileşime girerek göze girme taktiğini azaltabileceği bulunmuştur. Türkiye'den bir örneklemle yapılan bu çalışmadaki bulgular kariyer hedefleri ve politik davranış literatürüne algılanan güç aralığının etkisini de dâhil ederek bir katkıda bulunmuştur.

A study on probable individual antecedents of workplace political tactics

In this study, the relationship between career objects of employees and their use of political tactics was analyzed with the participation of 130 employees, predominantly working in Istanbul, Turkey, in various sectors such as Finance, Information Technologies, Education and Consultancy. In addition, the role of power distance perceptions of employees about the organizations they work for and the uncertainty avoidance of the employees were investigated as moderators. Significant correlations were found between employees' career objects and political tactics they use to influence their managers. Status and effectiveness gaining as a career object was found to be affecting the use of ingratiation, persuasion through rationalization and, assertiveness tactics. Perceived power distance was found to be moderating the relationship between status and effectiveness gaining object and ingratiation through increasing its effect on the use of ingratiation tactic. Moreover perceived power distance intervened between autonomy development and ingratiation through decreasing autonomy development's effect on ingratiation. Conducted with a Turkish sample, this study contributes to the career objects and political behavior literature, because it includes the effects of perceived power distance of the employees in this relationship.

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