THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS ON JOB PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

The Jordanian Government Plan (2016-2019) seeks to create an efficient and effective public service sector. Effective and committed public sector employees can be developed through training. Job Performance can be weakened by the Perception of Organizational Politics (POP). Therefore, this study explored the effects of the Perception of Organizational Politics (POP) on job performance and the mediating role of Perceived Training Opportunities (PTO) on the POP job performance relationship. Survey data was gathered from 344 employees located in 22 regions in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), Jordan. PLS-SEM was used to test the research hypotheses. Results revealed that POP negatively affected job performance, and PTO partially mediated the relationship between POP and job performance. Based on these findings, this study recommends that the Jordanian Government and GAM should eliminate or reduce POP practices as much as possible in their organizations as well as improving PTO, which has a positive and significant impact on Job Performance. The limitations of this study and recommendations for future research are also provided.