Interplay of Perceived Organizational Politics on Workplace Incivility and Knowledge‐Sharing Hostility: Moderated Mediation of Organizational Injustice and Workplace

This study explores the relationship between workplace incivility and organizational politics and examines how knowledge‐sharing hostility is mediated by organizational injustice. Workplace loneliness moderates the effect of perceived organizational politics on organizational injustice. This study utilized quantitative research methodology with a sample of 420 telecom sector employees. Smart PLS4 was used to evaluate measurement and structural models for mediation effects; SPSS 26 with Hayes' PROCESS Macro was used to test the moderation effect. The research demonstrates that perceived organizational politics leads to organizational injustice, which contributes to adverse organizational outcomes. The findings reveal the moderating effect of workplace loneliness. This research offers theoretical and practical implications, along with potential directions for future studies. This study provides insights into the dark side of organizational politics and its negative consequences.