Abstract:

Politics is a part of life in the organizations. Such things as power challenges, influence tactics and constant conflicts among employees that occur in every organization are considered normal in our time. In this study; the influence of political perceptions and political behaviors as well as the contribution of the employees’ cultural values on the employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment levels and intentions to quit their jobs has been examined as a model. A total of 644 employees have participated in our research. It has been observed upon examining the results that: there is a meaningful relationship between power distance and perceptions of organizational politics among the cultural dimensions, and also, there is a meaningful relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and blocking tactics.

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