Abstract

While the correlations between perceptions of organizational politics (POPs) and workplace friendship are still unclear according to the literature, this study elaborated the POPs-workplace friendship correlations and investigated the effect of organizational level on POPs and workplace friendship with organizational level as an interfering variable. Results of the survey conducted on 225 valid samples support the hypothesis of this study, that is the stronger the POPs, the better the workplace friendship; though the assumed moderating effect of organizational level is insignificant. These results contribute to the related literature, management practice and further studies.

Key words: Perceptions of organizational politics (POPs), workplace friendship, organizational level, social exchange theory