Examining the Impact of Leader Member Exchange on Perceptions of Organizational Justice: The Mediating Role of Perceptions of Organizational Politics
The present study examines the mediating role of perceptions of organizational politics on the relationship between leader member exchange and perceptions of organizational justice. With the help of multi stage random sampling technique, data was collected from 493 faculty members who were working in public sector universities of Punjab. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to test the proposed hypothesized relationships. Results of the structural equation modeling analysis demonstrated that employees who are part of in group have higher levels of perceptions of organizational politics but lower levels of perceptions of organizational justice. Furthermore, employee who perceives high degree of organizational politics has shown lower levels of perceptions of organizational justice. Results of the study postulated that for more positive perceptions of organizational justice among the employees a leader should develop a high quality relationship with more employees by limiting the usage of more political behavior within the organization. This study is one of its type in Indian context as we find no empirical evidence which examines the effect of quality of leader member exchange relationship on the perceptions of organizational justice which is being mediated through the perceptions of organizational politics of faculty members.