Perception of organizational politics, organizational injustice, organizational silence, and knowledge-hiding behavior in hotel employees

We investigated the relationships between the perception of organizational politics, injustice silence, and knowledge-hiding behavior during a time of rapid change in hotel management. We conducted an online survey with 344 hotel employees. Structural equation modeling results showed that the perception of organizational politics had a positive relationship with organizational injustice. In addition, organizational injustice had a positive relationship with organizational silence and knowledge-hiding behavior, and organizational silence had a positive relationship with knowledge-hiding behavior. This result suggests that hotels need to properly harmonize the interests of members and managers of the organization, focusing on effective communication and identifying the relationship between hotel employees’ organizational and political perceptions, organizational injustice, organizational silence, and knowledge-hiding behavior due to changes in the fiercely competitive hotel environment.