Perceived Organizational Politics, Organizational Misidentifications and Counterproductive Work Behavior in the University System

The study aims to examine the influence of perceived organizational politics and organizational misidentification on counterproductive work behavior of both academic and non-academic staff of Ibrahim Babadasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria. The study is premised on quantitative analysis where Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 is used to analyze the data elicited from respondents in the university. A sample size of 296 was drawn from a population of 1,138 using Taro Yamane formula for determining sample size. The results of the study indicate a significant relationship between employees’ perception of organizational politics, organizational misidentification and counterproductive work behavior in the university. Therefore, the study recommends among others that the institution should establish a policy on work schedule knowledge sharing platform to close communication gap that usually instigate negative perceptions among employees leading to counterproductive work behaviour in the organization.