ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A CASE IN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL

ABSTRACT

Organizational politics is often defined as “Intentional enhancement of self-interest.” What it actually means research provides that “It is use of power to affect decision making in an organization or self-serving and organizationally unsanctioned behaviors.” This definition adds to knowledge of organizational behavior that the people in the organization reflect political behaviors and ability to reflect such behaviors were termed as political skills. These behaviors can be both legal and illegal with respect to their intensity. However, in reality politics take place due to scarcity of organizational resources as everyone will attempt to perform better and want to be rewarded to fulfill personal interest, but as resources are limited it does not happen. Moving forward, it is also said that political behavior can be perceived as politics and at the same time as effective management so, it depends on the perception of a person. Now talking about reasons of political behavior adopted by people in the organization there are some individual factors as individuals in organizations may be high self-monitors, high Mach personality, possess locus of control or may have job alternatives such individuals found to be indulge in politics.