The Mediating Role of Work Engagement between Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The Indian Banking industry sparked a boom to the country during the past two decades. The growth of
the Banking industry is one of the strongest drivers of the performance of the Indian economy. To make
human life comfortable, banking industry has introduced various services and facilities and customers‟
expectations are on the rise. To meet the rising expectations of customers committed employees and
engaged employees are essential and politics at workplace is unavoidable. Therefore the purpose of the
study is to investigate the Perception of Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment with
Work Engagement as a mediator. Data was collected from 1262 employees of the public and private
sector banks in South India through a validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS and Warp
PLS. The result reveals that Perception of Organizational Politics is positively correlated with
Organizational Commitment and Work Engagement partially mediates the relationship between
Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment.