Organizational democracy, ethics and leadership: The mediating role of organizational politics

Clarke, Martin

doi:10.1177/1742715011416886

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“…Instead, they run using the command and control model (Fenton, 2011). In spite of considerable improvements capable of promoting organizational democracy, however, dominates the enactment of organizational hierarchy (Clarke, 2011). In the media, at schools and work we constantly hear that we live in a democratic world.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy

Safari

Salehzadeh²,

Ghaziasgar

2018

TQM

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Purpose Organizational democracy is the new model of organizational design for a Democratic Age, and out of this new model grows a freedom-centered and healthy climate. Democratic management is a key to greater organization success and a necessity to gain higher levels of performance and innovation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy in an Iranian context. Design/methodology/approach Statistical population includes the employees of the Gas Company of Isfahan Province. For data analysis, 263 accurate completed questionnaires are used. Structural equation modeling is applied to investigate the relationship between the research variables. Findings The findings showed that some types of organizational culture (i.e. self-criticism, team, and participatory culture) (β=0.33); and some dimensions of organizational structure (i.e. decentralization, flat hierarchy, and less formalization) (β=0.55) as antecedent variables have a significant direct effect on organizational democracy. Also, organizational democracy has a significant direct effect on human resources outcomes consist of organizational commitment, self-efficacy, and improving work relationships (β=0.64); and organizational outcomes consist of organizational learning and organizational agility (β=0.96). Originality/value Despite years of encouragement from consultants and theorists, managers have generally shown little interest toward democratic process as a system of decision making and management in organizations. This study proposes a comprehensive model for identifying the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy. Most studies in this field are theoretical rather than empirical. But, in this research, the proposed relationships are examined empirically.

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy

Safari

Salehzadeh²,

Ghaziasgar

2018

TQM

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“…It further found that an ethical workplace always promotes a sense of belongingness and an imperative bond between the employees and their leadership, which in return positively affects the underlying level of commitment among employees. Similarly, another study conducted by Clarke, (2011) found that organizational politics is an important determinant of workplace ethics, which in turn has an indirect implication on the commitment level of employees towards their organizations. The study further evaluated that positive implication of organizational politics on workplace ethics can be achieved through close supervision and controlled communication among employees.…”

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confidence: 85%

Impact of Leadership Style on Employees Commitment: Moderating Role of Organization Politics: A Case Study of Public Sector Universities of KPK

Ali

Sheraz

2020

GRR

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between employees commitment and leadership styles along with the moderating role of organizational politics in public sector universities of KPK. The researcher adopted a deductive approach with cross-sectional research design and used a quantitative methodology. Stratified random sampling has been used with an objective to ensure effective representation of the selected population. Responses from the participants were collected through a pre-structured questionnaire, which was then analyzed through the SPSS data analysis tool by using different statistical methods including descriptive statistics analysis, regression analysis, and inter-variables correlation analysis. Findings of the study show that organizational politics positively moderates the relationship of transformational and democratic style of leadership with commitment of employees. It is also provided that the stus findings would serve as a foundation for future researchers to conduct studies on the given topic in the future.

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“…More specifically, they stated that organizational democracy needs organizational politics and organizational politics needs organizational democracy. Similarly, in another study, it was found that organizational policy has an important role in structuring organizational democracy (Clarke, 2011). In these studies, constructive political behaviors and the effects of these behaviors on organizational democracy were discussed.…”

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confidence: 93%

The relationship between organizational democracy and political behaviors in universities

Turabik

Baskan

2020

JARHE

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between organizational democracy and political behaviors in universities.Design/methodology/approachTo examine the relationship between organizational democracy and political behaviors in higher education institutions, a correlational survey model was utilized. Data were collected from 283 academic staff members.FindingsIt was found that there is a moderate and negative relationship between organizational democracy and the frequency of encountering political behaviors and that organizational democracy predicts the frequency of encountering political behaviors.Originality/valueThese data shed light on the relationship between organizational democracy and political behaviors according to the views of academic staff. The study has provided empirical evidence that political behavior declines in the presence of organizational democracy.

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Organizational democracy, ethics and leadership: The mediating role of organizational politics

Cited by 11 publications

References 46 publications

Exploring the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy

Exploring the antecedents and consequences of organizational democracy

Impact of Leadership Style on Employees Commitment: Moderating Role of Organization Politics: A Case Study of Public Sector Universities of KPK

The relationship between organizational democracy and political behaviors in universities

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