Abstract:

This study investigates a moderating effect of political skills in the relationship of employee outcomes and perceived organizational politics (POP) in the context of private organizations in KP Pakistan. Studying through the lenses of social exchange and expectancy theory, we examine the different work outcomes such that job performance and employee commitment among employees suffering in deteriorating political environment. Data were collected from various NGO sector in Peshawar and analyzed using SPSS. Using the sample size of 90 working employees, the results of this study reveal that perception of organizational politics have negative effects on employee performance and commitment level of an employees, however this negative relationship is mitigated through the moderating variable of political skills. This implies that in the presence of enhanced political skills, employees can overcome the negative effects of organisational politics over their performance and commitment levels. Therefore political skills stand pertinent for promoting productive politics within organisations and to improve degrees of work outcome. Implications, limitations and future directions of this research are discussed in the end.

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