Exploring human nature as reflected in meanings given to incidences of organizational politics

Abstract

There are many discussions on organizational politics / workplace politics. Human Nature is the identity of the person which refers to distinguished characteristics such as the way of thinking, feeling behaving that human tends to have naturally independently of the influence of culture. Development of Human Nature depends on many factors cultural background, religion, caste, society in which the person is born and brought up, environment of family and surrounding, friends, schooling, educational background all these factors affect Human Nature of the person and organizational politics is, when an individual uses power for his/her own benefit without keeping in mind the adverse effect on his/her goal and the organizational goal. The objective of this study was to identify the significant incidences of organization politics as experienced by the employees and their families. Also, to identifies meaning of such experiences. Since the study is exploratory in nature, keeping in mind the purpose and objectives of the study,data collection is done through interviews by using Phenomenological method. The study focuses on Exploring Human Nature as reflected in meanings given to incidences of organizational politics. Organizations politics are subject to conflict and competition between the desire and interests of different departments, teams and individuals. Organizational politics is the process through which rival interests are played out and eventually reconciled. Organizational politics not only divert the employee from their personal goal but it also becomes difficult to achieve the organizational goal. Moreover, it effects the family members also. newline