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Background and work experience correlates of the ethics and effect of organizational politics

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Empirical studies exploring managerial views of organizational politics (OP) are scarce. Furthermore, the literature is replete with inconsistent results regarding the correlates of OP. In this paper, data collected from 302 managers were used to examine the association between seven background and work experience variables and managerial attitudes regarding the ethics, locus, affect of OP on the organization, and the motives behind political maneuvering in the workplace. The results, however, show that association between managers' background and work experience factors and attitudes regarding OP is weak. The results suggest several promising lines of inquiry for future research.

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  1. School of Business Administration, Old Dominion University, 23508, Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.

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Shaker A. Zahra is Assistant Professor of Management at the School of Business Administration of the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, virginia. His research focuses on the role of political factors in strategy development.

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Zahra, S.A. Background and work experience correlates of the ethics and effect of organizational politics. J Bus Ethics 4, 419–423 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388597

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