Abstract
We examined the role of organizational frustration as a linking mechanism between the perception of
organizational injustice and fight (political influence behavior)/flight (turnover intentions) responses. The
participants were 201 middle-level managers drawn from manufacturing and logistics companies in
northern Malaysia. Data were collected by means of a printed questionnaire. Whereas all the three
components of injustice--procedural, distributive, and interactional—had significant positive impact on
turnover intentions and political influence behavior, only procedural injustice and distributive injustice had
such impact on frustration. Interestingly, organizational frustration played a partial mediating role in the
relationship of distributive and procedural injustice with turnover intentions and political influence
behavior. Implications of the findings for those in managerial roles and directions for future research are
suggested.
