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Political Decision-Making Climates: Theoretical Processes and Multi-Level Antecedents

Wendy Darr

John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, wa_darr{at}jmsb.concordia.ca

Gary Johns

Concordia University Research, John Molson School of Business, Department of Management, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, garyj{at}vax2.concordia.ca

This study addressed some of the research gaps in the area of organizational politics by examining politics as a group-level construct, directly testing for the cross-level effects of various predictors, and providing insight into the nature of conflict processes involved in the development of politics. Data from 69 academic departments in six prominent Canadian universities provided support for the precursory role of conflict processes. Both intradepartmental task and relationship conflict were associated with political climate perceptions. Using the climate etiology literature, several multi-level antecedents (individual, departmental, disciplinary) of department-level politics were examined, but only individual-level role conflict emerged as a predictor. The non-significant effects of macro-level paradigm development and department rank heterogeneity are discussed in light of substantive and methodological factors.

Key Words: climate • conflict • cross-level • paradigm development • politics

Human Relations, Vol. 57, No. 2, 169-200 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704042926
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