Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees

Background: Workplace victimization is considered a major social stressor with significant implications for the wellbeing of employees and organizations. The aim of this study was to examine the influences of employees' personality traits and organizational politics on workplace victimization a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, Francis Annor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116301664
_version_ 1827849164124323840
author Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah
Francis Annor
author_facet Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah
Francis Annor
author_sort Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah
collection DOAJ
description Background: Workplace victimization is considered a major social stressor with significant implications for the wellbeing of employees and organizations. The aim of this study was to examine the influences of employees' personality traits and organizational politics on workplace victimization among Ghanaian employees. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 631 employees selected from diverse occupations through convenience sampling. Data collection tools were standardized questionnaires that measured experiences of negative acts at work (victimization), the Big Five personality traits, and organizational politics. Results: The results from hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that among the personality traits neuroticism and conscientiousness had significant, albeit weak relationships with victimization. Organizational politics had a significant positive relationship with workplace victimization beyond employees' personality. Conclusion: The study demonstrates that compared with personal characteristics such as personality traits, work environment factors such as organizational politics have a stronger influence on the occurrence of workplace victimization.
first_indexed 2024-03-12T09:59:31Z
format Article
id doaj.art-9792fa94b0a8472887f80b26f64b0384
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2093-7911
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-12T09:59:31Z
publishDate 2017-03-01
publisher Elsevier
record_format Article
series Safety and Health at Work
spelling doaj.art-9792fa94b0a8472887f80b26f64b03842023-09-02T11:53:28ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112017-03-0181727610.1016/j.shaw.2016.08.003Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian EmployeesKwesi Amponsah-Tawiah0Francis Annor1Department of Organization and Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, GhanaBackground: Workplace victimization is considered a major social stressor with significant implications for the wellbeing of employees and organizations. The aim of this study was to examine the influences of employees' personality traits and organizational politics on workplace victimization among Ghanaian employees. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 631 employees selected from diverse occupations through convenience sampling. Data collection tools were standardized questionnaires that measured experiences of negative acts at work (victimization), the Big Five personality traits, and organizational politics. Results: The results from hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that among the personality traits neuroticism and conscientiousness had significant, albeit weak relationships with victimization. Organizational politics had a significant positive relationship with workplace victimization beyond employees' personality. Conclusion: The study demonstrates that compared with personal characteristics such as personality traits, work environment factors such as organizational politics have a stronger influence on the occurrence of workplace victimization.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116301664Ghanaorganizational politicspersonalityworkplace victimization
spellingShingle Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah
Francis Annor
Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
Safety and Health at Work
Ghana
organizational politics
personality
workplace victimization
title Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
title_full Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
title_fullStr Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
title_full_unstemmed Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
title_short Do Personality and Organizational Politics Predict Workplace Victimization? A Study among Ghanaian Employees
title_sort do personality and organizational politics predict workplace victimization a study among ghanaian employees
topic Ghana
organizational politics
personality
workplace victimization
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116301664
work_keys_str_mv AT kwesiamponsahtawiah dopersonalityandorganizationalpoliticspredictworkplacevictimizationastudyamongghanaianemployees
AT francisannor dopersonalityandorganizationalpoliticspredictworkplacevictimizationastudyamongghanaianemployees