Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale.
POPS
Perceived organizational politics across three dimensions: general political behaviour, going along to get ahead, and pay and promotion policies.
- Length and format
- 15 (1997 version); 12 items in the 1991 original. 5-pt agreement (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- ZH, ES, PT, TR, AR, FA, HE, KO and others; heavily used in Middle Eastern and Asian organizational research.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kacmar, K. M., & Carlson, D. S. (1997). Further validation of the Perceptions of Politics Scale (POPS): A multiple sample investigation. Journal of Management, 23(5), 627-658.
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