Anirudh Jayram 01 Vivek Iyer 12 Wamika Iyer 13 Chirag Karunakar 16 Priya Mani Sneha Shenoy 34 Pranav Gosalia -

Politics :- Those activities/behavior that are not part of ones specific job duties, and that influence, or try to influence, the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within the organization.

Legitimate Political Behavior:- Normal everyday politics.

Illegitimate Political Behavior :-Extreme political behavior that violates the implied rules of the game.

Process by which individuals select, organize, and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. Factors influencing perception:-

People perceive organizational politics in different ways. A seemingly normal activity for someone might be political for someone else. This varies from person to person. Political behavior, if not properly handled, can make or break an organization. Its very important to understand this as future managers so as to know how to deal with people and to maximize their efficiency.

Impact of Organizational Politics on the work of the Internal Human Resource Professional by Julie Paleen Aronow. A clear idea of what organizational politics means

Helped us to understand what perceptions of organizational politics means.

Gave us a basic idea of how to go about the project.

Perceptions of organizational politics: An investigation of antecedents and consequences by Christopher P. Parker, Robert L. Dipboye, Stacy L. Jackson Talks about the antecedents and consequences of Perceptions of organizational politics. Deepened our understanding about the subject. Helped us to understand the antecedent aspect and apply it for our study.

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To understand what behavior is perceived as political in an organization. Organizational politics would mean different things to different people Contrasting the perceptions of organizational politics as seen in 2 sectors, namely IT and Financial sector

Quantitative technique CHI Square Test

Unpaired T Test
Karl Pearsons Coefficient of Correlation

Questions have been grouped into 5 different categories as follows Promotions/Appraisals 6Q Relationship with boss 5Q Attitude towards work 7Q Management relations 3Q Intrapersonal relations 12Q

ANALYSIS

IT Sector

BFSI Sector

12%

14%

Political Values
Non Political 30% 58% Values Neutral Values 31%

Political Values
Non Political

55%

Values Neutral Values

Coefficient of Correlation = 0.96 tcal = 1.575, ttab = 1.673

IT Sector
21% Political Values Non Political 53% 26% Values Neutral Values

BFSI
13%

Political Values Non Political Values 68% Neutral Values

19%

Coefficient of Correlation = 0.992 tcal = 0.549, ttab = 1.673

IT Sector

BFSI

21%

22%

Political Not political 52% 27% Neutral 22% 56%

Political Not political Neutral

Coefficient of Correlation = 0.9843 tcal = -0.595, ttab = 1.673

IT Sector

BFSI

20% Political Non political 52% 28% Neutral

20% Political Non political 55% 25% Neutral

Coefficient of Correlation = 0.993 tcal = - 0.429, ttab = 1.673

IT Sector

BFSI

12% 21% 37% Political NonPolitical Neutral 51% 35% 44% Political NonPolitical Neutral

Coefficient of Correlation = 0.731 tcal = 0.058, ttab = 1.673

H0 : There is a similarity in political behaviour between BFSI and IT. H1 : There is no similarity in political behaviour between BFSI and IT.
Chi-square Cal :
Chi-square Tab :

5.42
9.49

Since Chi-square Cal is less than Chi-square tab , we accept Ho and conclude that there is a similarity in political behaviour between BFSI and IT.

Perceptions of organizational politics may be similar or may differ. It is important to understand how people perceive politics differently. Failure to do so may have disastrous consequences for the organization.

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