PERCEPTION OF POLITICS IN ORGANISATION AND GENDER OF SCHOOL TEACHERS

AN INFLUENCE ON WORKPLACE BULLYING

Abstract

The study examined the influence of organizational politics perception and gender on workplace bullying among school teachers in Awka, Anambra State. A sample of 200 teachers 95 (18.29) men and 105 (18.85) women served as participants in the study. Their ages ranged from 25 to 55 years with a mean age of 42.4 years and standard deviation of 18.5. The study made use of two instruments namely: 12 item Perception of Organizational Politics Scale and a 22 item Workplace Bullying Scale. The study adopted a 2 X 2 factorial design with a two-way analysis of variance as the statistics for analysis. Result showed no significant difference on workplace bullying between school teachers of high and low organizational politics perception F (1,196) =.752, p =.387.  The results also showed no significant difference between female and male teachers on workplace bullying F (1, 196) = 0.69, P = .793. No significant interaction between gender and perceived organizational politics on workplace bullying was observed F (1, 196) = .400, P = .528. The findings were discussed and recommendations made based on the results.