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Perceived market/government influences, politics and justice in Chinese organizations

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Although government intervention in economies has been widely debated lately, the extent to which government and market affect employees’ perceptions about their organization remains inadequately discussed. We took the initial steps to create measures of perceived government influence and perceived market influence, and examined how they might be associated with organizational politics and justice in Chinese organizations. Using structural equation modeling, we found that perceived market influence and perceived government influence had opposing impacts on organizational justice mediated by perceived organizational politics. Additionally, results indicated that firm type (state-owned vs. private) did not affect organizational politics, nor did it moderate the relationships between perceived market/government influences and perceived organizational politics.

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Li, J., Gales, L., Yi, M. et al. Perceived market/government influences, politics and justice in Chinese organizations. Front. Bus. Res. China 5, 490–511 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11782-011-0142-3

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