The impact of politics in a call center: a moderated mediation of burnout, job commitment and justice sensativity.

Abstract

This work aims to study the effect of Perceived Organizational Politics on Affective Commitment and the mediating and moderating processes through which this relationship occurs. Based on a sample of Call Center workers it was tested whether Burnout mediated the relationship between Perceived Organizational Politics (POP) and Affective Commitment. Results showed that Burnout does mediate that relationship. It was also studied whether Justice Sensitivity (JS) moderates the mediated relationship such that this relationship is stronger when JS is higher. This moderator effect was confirmed. However, this moderator effect wasn’t found to strengthen the relationship between POP and Affective Commitment through Burnout.