Investigating the Moderating Effects of Political skill and Political will on the Relationship between Perceptions of Organizational Politics and Political Behavior Case study: Water Industry of Iran

Over the years، political behavior has been one of topics of interest to researchers in the field of organizational behavior. The reason for this interest is the extensiveness of this type of behavior in the organizations. This study، with regarding political skill and political will as moderating variables، considers the impact of perceptions of organizational politics on political behavior. The statistical population consists of managers and workers of water industry. In this research، the stratified (classified) sampling is used. To collect data، the questionnaire from five-option Likert scale was used، and the validity and reliability for each variable were confirmed. The data analysis was done by structural equation modeling، and path analysis by using LISREL software and Smart PLS. The results showed that perceptions of politics lead to political behavior، and political will moderates the relationship between the perceptions of politics and the political behavior. In this research، the moderating role of political skill was not confirmed.