The purpose of this paper is to report two studies that investigated the consequences of
organizational politics and organizational support on two separate samples of
employees. Study 1 surveys 69 full-time employees, while Study 2's sample includes
185 part-time workers. Four major ®ndings were observed. First, the present studies
replicated prior ®ndings concerning the relationships of politics and support to such
variables as withdrawal behaviors, turnover intentions, job satisfaction and organizational
commitment. In general, politics is related to negative work outcomes while
support is related to positive ones. Consistent results were obtained within both the
full- and part-time samples. Second, we elaborated upon previous work concerning the
relationship of politics and support to job involvement. Third, we found in both
samples that politics and support did predict above and beyond each other, suggesting
that they should be viewed as separate constructs rather than opposite ends of a single
continuum. Lastly, Study 2 extended the research on politics and support by analyzing
their relationships to four work stress variables: job tension, somatic tension, general
fatigue, and burnout. Each of these four variables was predicted by both politics and
support