3.2. Samples
Participants of this research are 103 employees from different organizations in Bandung & Jakarta within different industries. To be able to understand the nature of the organization, the standard of 1 year minimum working tenure in the company has been set as one of the criteria to become participants in this research
3.3. Data Analysis and Procedure
To test H1-H4, series of linear regression used to confirm the hypothesized relationship. In the other hands, MRA (moderated regression analysis) also used to test the moderating role of emotional intelligence between perception of organizational politic and organizational commitment (H5).
4. Results
4.1. Respondents Profile
Total numbers of respondents are 103 persons. The gender compositions of respondent in this research are 45% male and 55% female. The education level are mostly bachelor degree (77%), and 23% are holds master degree. Mostly respondents in this research has 2 - 4 years participation in the company (44%), and then followed by those who has around 1-2 years participation in the company (32%), and last those who has more than 4 years participation (24%).
4.2. Validity and Reliability
From all the tests, it was found that all items in the measurements are considered as valid & reliable (all scales’ corrected item-total correlation more than r table = 0.1937).
Perception of Organizational Politic Scale (POPs) by Kacmar & Ferris (1991) was found reliable to use with reliability scale (cronbach alpha) 0.986. Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Allen & Meyer 1990 also assumed reliable to use with reliability scale (cronbach alpha) 0.992. The Trust scale developed by Podsakoff in
1990 also found reliable to use with reliability scale (cronbach alpha) 0.980. Likewise, Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) developed by Wong and Law, 2002 also was found as reliable with scale (cronbach alpha) 0.987.
4.3. Hypotheses Testing
Hypothesis 1 – Hypothesis 3 From all the results, it may be inferred that H1 was supported which means the higher the employee’s perception of organizational politic the lower the organizational commitment (sig =0.000 means significant < 0.05, with beta
score = -.338). H2 is also supported, which shows the higher the employee’s perception of organizational politic the lower the employee’s trust to the organization and the leader (sig =0.002 means significant < 0.05, with beta score = -.300). The third hypothesis (H3) was shown as supported which also means that the higher the employee’s trust to the organization, the higher their organizational commitment (sig =0.000 means significant < 0.05, with beta score = -.712).
Hypothesis 4
To see the mediating effect of trust as the predicted mediator variable a regression analysis which included perception of organizational politic and trust was tested to the organizational commitment. From the result it was found that, when the trust variable included in the regression the relation between perception of organizational politic and organizational commitment become insignificant (sig > 0.05 scored at 0.063). This is proved that the
trust variable is able to mediate the relationship between perception of organizational politic and organizational commitment. Thus, it can be inferred that H4 is supported.