03Dec 2018

MEASURING EMPLOYEES PERCEPTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND JOB SATISFACTION OF DIVINE WORD COLLEGES EMPLOYEES IN ILOCOS REGION, PHILIPPINES.

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The study wanted to determine the relationship between organizational politics and job satisfaction of employees of Divine Word Colleges in Ilocos Region. The study used descriptive research design and aided by fact finding inquiry. The population of the study are the employees of the Divine Word Colleges in Ilocos region, Philippines and since the number of employees were limited, therefore, total enumeration method of sampling was used. Questionnaires were utilized to gather the data and weighted mean was used to determine the level of perception of employees of the existence of organizational politics and job satisfaction. Pearson r was used to determine the relationship between the two variables, between organizational politics and job satisfaction. The finding revealed that employees somewhat agree to the existence of organizational politics of Divine Word Colleges in Ilocos region but as a whole, there is no correlation between organizational politics and job satisfaction of employees. However, taking it singly, there is a correlation between organizational politics in terms of blaming others and job satisfaction.

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[Damianus Abun, Theogenia Magallanes, Sylvia Lalaine Grace Foronda, Emma P. Paynaen, Fredrick Agoot and Merylin Pre. (2018); MEASURING EMPLOYEES PERCEPTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND JOB SATISFACTION OF DIVINE WORD COLLEGES EMPLOYEES IN ILOCOS REGION, PHILIPPINES. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Dec). 113-125] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8121      
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