Perception of organizational politics and demographic aspect: empirical evidence from nepalese financial institutions

Perception of organizational politics is an inexorable integral part of organizational life and is seriously hampering the employees and organization. Researchers are not paying attention to the association of employees’ demographic aspect and perception of organizational politics. This study was designed to measure the level of perception of organizational politics and the impact of demographic factors on perception of organizational politics. Seven hundred twenty-five employees working in Nepalese commercial bank were surveyed. Quantitative analysis of perceptual cross-sectional data revealed that (a) employees perceived their work-place as political, (b) the same level of perception of organizational politics was measured between male employees and female employees, between temporary employees and permanent employees, and between trade union’s member employees and non-member employees, (c) Employees working in unionized organizations perceived higher levels of organization politics than employees working in non-unionized organizations, (d) employees perceived a higher level of organizational politics as an increase in their age, and (e) officer level of employees perceived more organizational politics than their seniors and juniors. Various practical and theoretical implications are suggested.