Favouritism and self-efficacy as antecedents on managers' politics perceptions and job stress

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of self-efficacy (SEFF) and favouritism (FAVO) as antecedents on perceptions of organizational politics (POPs) and job stress (STR) of hotel frontline managers (HFMs) in Turkish Cypriot hotels as its setting. A total number of 85 usable questionnaires were personally retrieved from managers in the research location. The hypothesized relationships were tested using partial least squares method. Results reveal that SEFF decreased POPs and STR. FAVO exerted a significant positive impact on POPs and STR. This research makes useful contributions to the current knowledge base by exclusively investigating the effect of FAVO on POPs and STR because FAVO has the potential to create distrustful working environment and causes real performers to engage in political games.

Keywords::

• favouritism
• self-efficacy
• organizational politics
• job stress