Characteristics of the organization and the employee as predictors of organizational behavior

[N. T. Đorđević]

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Social Psychology, Organizational psychology, Psychology of work

The research aimed to determine the mediating role of job security and organizational justice between conspiracy mentality, intolerance to uncertainty and social dominance orientation and the variable of the organizational context - organizational identification, organizational citizenship behavior and job satisfaction. Job security has been operationalized as two measures, subjective and objective. An objective measure of job security is indirect and is the intention to leave the work organization. Prior to the main study, a pilot study was conducted to determine the psychometric characteristics of the instruments used in the research. The pilot study was conducted on 303 subjects. The main study was conducted on 614 subjects. The presumed model in the research on the mediating role of job security and organizational justice was confirmed. According to this model, people with a higher conspiracy mentality, which is also affected by intolerance to uncertainty, are more satisfied with their jobs, identify more with the organization in which they are employed, and are more inclined to behave that is purposeful, kind, and with respect and understanding of their colleagues, if they perceive their employment as safe, and the behavior of superiors, the distribution of incentives and transparency of information in the organization as fair. Organizational justice allows for a less unclear situation for an individual in a work organization. Social dominance orientation also has indirect effects on organizational context variables, as well as a direct effect on organizational identification. If a person is more prone to observation in developing conspiracy theories and perceives his stay in the work organization as less likely, then he will be less satisfied with his job. People who are less receptive to accepting conspiracy theories, if they perceive that they are fairly rewarded in their work organization, if they are familiar with the procedures, have good treatment by their superiors and have timely and complete information about the procedures, will be more satisfied with their jobs. People with a pronounced worldview in which there are groups that dominate and subjugate other groups, who support the unequal distribution of power, and who support discriminatory behaviors towards those with less social power show less job satisfaction, the adoption of organizational values and goals as their own, and forms of behavior that cannot be considered appropriate behavior of good colleagues and members of the collective. On the other hand, in relation to job security, higher organizational justice also predicts higher job satisfaction, higher organizational identification, and more organizational civic behavior. The tested model differs on a subsample of persons with fixed-term employment contracts and on a sub-sample of persons with employment contracts for an indefinite period.

Konspirativni mentalitet, nesigurnost zaposlenja, organizaciono ponašanje

Conspiracy mentality, job insecurity, organizational behaviour

159.9:005.7(043.3)

S 260

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