A research for examinig the relationships between power distance and organizational justice perceptions of employees and political behaviors

Power is the politics that affect the attitudes and behaviors of others. Whatever the source and type, power causes distance in society. It can be explained by the power distance that the power is distributed equally or not among the individuals. Employees' evaluations of the practices, procedures and events in their organizations in terms of justice point to the concept of organizational justice. On the other hand, the tactics and strategies used to influence and persuade people and to provide personal benefit in the end are called as political behavior. In organizations with high power distances, it is expected that political behaviors will be seen more frequently and employees will have a negative perception of organizational justice. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between employees' perceptions of power distance and organizational justice and political behavior. In the study, the data gathered by the questionnaire from 109 employees were evaluated by the help of statistical analyses. As a result of the findings, it has been determined that reducing the power distance perception, political behavior and acting concessive, acting hypocritical, trying to ingratiate oneself, making coalition and acting for self-interest as subdimensions of political behavior will be reduce. It has also been found that employees' perceptions of organizational justice have a significant and negative effect on acting for self-interest as subdimension of political behavior, and there isn't found the similar effect on acting concessive, acting hypocritical, trying to ingratiate oneself and making coalition as subdimensions of political behavior.