Organizational politics, employee engagement and Job satisfaction among the administrators of Makerere University

Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between Organizational Politics, Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction among the Administrators of Makerere University. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the relationship between organizational politics and job satisfaction, Employee engagement and Job satisfaction, Organizational Politics and Job satisfaction. A Correlational study design was used in the study to establish the relationship between Organizational Politics, Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction among the Administrators of Makerere University. The University staff have continuously faced a challenge of collectively having access to resources they rightly share either due to a certain group of people desiring full dominion on these or simply because some staff members are by default in a marginalized position to access these respires. As a result, majority have displayed tendencies of disengagement and desire to exit. The study, then investigated the various factors which could ensure positive organizational politics, increased employee engagement and reduced turn over.