The moderating role of organizational justice on perception of organization politics and communication apprehension

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Article 2, Volume 1, Autumn & Winter 2010, February 2010, Pages 21-46   

Document Type: Articles

DOI: 10.22067/pmt.v1i2.2882

Authors

Fariborz Rahimnia^{* 1}; Jaleh Farzaneh Hasanzadeh²

¹Assistant professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

²M.A Student, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

Communication is the source of society culture and evolution as Human can transfer 
their skills and knowledge to others by it . it's lack will have irretrievable effect and 
a phenomenon is called communication apprehension could have bad effects on 
interpersonal relationships in both workplace and employee's efficiency. It can 
disrupt organizational communication flow. This study aims to study the impact of 
organizational politics on communication apprehension caused by organizational 
justice. Therefore, it is examined among branches of a governmental bank in 
Khorasan Razavi province with 256 sample size. The findings support the impact of 
organizational politics on communication apprehension but organizational justice 
doesn't influence the impact of organizational politics on communication 
apprehension. With attention to the declared results, management should notice to 
organization politics and their employees’ perception from it because it can lead to 
increase organization efficiency and productivity.
 

Keywords

communication apprehension; organizational politic; political behavior; organizational justice

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