International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics
Vol. 3, No. 10, October, 2016
ISSN 2383-2126 (Online)
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Organizational Politics, Transformational
Leadership and Neglect in Banking Sector
Qaisar Iqbal
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Branch Banking, MCB Bank Ltd, Attock, Pakistan
Abstract
This study examined the influence of perception of organizational politics on
negligent behavior of employees in banking sector. The aim of this study was to
determine the relationship between perception of organizational politics and
negligent behavior and investigate interaction effect of transformational
leadership. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from two hundred
subjects who were employees of a large commercial bank posted in twin cities
Rawalpindi and Islamabad.it was concluded that there is significant relationship
between perception of organizational politics and negligent behavior of
employees. Transformational leadership has been observed as moderating the
association of perception of organizational politics and neglect. Based on the
data analysis, it is recommended that employees should strive to understand and
tackle strategically political activities in their organizations to improvise their
satisfaction and avoid conflict.
Keywords: Organizational Politics, General Political Behavior, Negligent
Behavior, Transformational Leadership.
Cite this article: Iqbal, Q. (2016). Organizational Politics, Transformational Leadership and
Neglect in Banking Sector. International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics,
3(10), 609-622.
Introduction
Politics in organizations is inevitable. Personal experiences, instincts and subjective
evidences have made it clear about presence of political behavior in organizations. Being
power relations and influence tactics, this political behavior has received growing
attention in academic research. Researchers have primarily investigated impact of
organizational politics over the organizational outcomes. There is general confidence
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Corresponding author’s email qaisarkh86@gmail.com