Organizational Politics and Bank Frontline employee Outcomes with the Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the organizational politics and its outcomes with the mediating role of work engagement. Data was collected from 250 employees of the private banks of Rawalpindi/Islamabad through questionnaire. Data was analyzed through correlation and structural equation modeling. The result reveales that organizational politics has a significant and negative effect on the work engagement, while work engagement has a significant and a positive effect on the organizational commitment and extra role performance and negative effect on turnover intentions. Work engagement plays a partial mediating role among organizational politics and organizational commitment and turnover intention. Practical implications of the findings, as well as future recommendations are suggested.