Handbook of organizational politics
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Handbook of organizational politics
E. Elgar, 2008, c2006
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"Paperback edition 2008"--T.p. verso
Description based on: reprinted with amendments 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This exciting Handbook offers a broad perspective on the intriguing phenomena of power, influence and politics in the modern workplace, their meaning for individuals, groups and other organizational stakeholders, and their effect on organizational outcomes and performances. The contributorsillustrate the fact that organizational politics has many facets and definitions, all relating to the use of personal or aggregate power in influencing others and better achieving goals in the workplace. However, politics in organizations is difficult to study, as neither employees nor management are keen to divulge the political secrets and dynamics that help them to promote their own ideas and goals and to advance in the workplace. In the face of this challenge, the Handbook presents a comprehensive collection of original studies and theoretical discussions from across the globe. Providing a starting point for new research in the area, issues dealt with include:
politics, personality and leadership
ethics, fairness and prospects of trust in workplace politics
organizational politics and employees' well-being
strategy, change and decision-making as a political process
human resource management and consulting in a political sphere.
Offering a fresh and up-to-date take on the topic, this highly original Handbook will be a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of management and organizational behavior. The wide range of perspectives presented in this book, written by some of the leading scholars and researchers in the field, will also be invaluable to practitioners in management and to individuals in organizations who require a better understanding of the meaning of power and influence in the modern workplace.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface: Challenges and New Frontiers for Organizational Politics in Modern Worksites
Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos Drory
PART I: THE INDIVIDUAL'S PERSPECTIVE: POLITICS, PERSONALITY, AND LEADERSHIP
1. Organizational Politics, Leadership and Performance in Modern Public Worksites: A Theoretical Framework
Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Yinnon Dryzin-Amit
2. Agreeableness and Extraversion as Moderators of the Political Influence Compatability-Work Outcomes Relationship
John P. Meriac and Peter D. Villanova
3. Personality and Politics Perceptions: A New Conceptualization and Illustration Using OCBs
Christopher C. Rosen, Chu-Hsiang Chang and Paul E. Levy
4. Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes of Collective (Group-Level) Politics in Organizations
Keith James
5. The Politics of Impression Management in Organizations: Contextual Effects
Amos Drory and Nurit Zaidman
PART II: ETHICS AND JUSTICE: VALUES, FAIRNESS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR TRUST IN WORKPLACE POLITICS
6. Organizational Politics, Definition and Ethics
Chris Provis
7. The Direct and Indirect Influence of Organizational Politics on Organizational Support, Trust and Commitment
Simon Albrecht
8. Politics as Determinant of Fairness Perceptions in Organizations
Constant D. Beugre and Patrick R. Liverpool
PART III: EMOTIONS AND STRESS: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND EMPLOYEES' WELL-BEING
9. Organizational Politics and Workplace Stress
Russell Cropanzano and Andrew Li
10. The Emotion of Politics and the Politics of Emotions: Affective and Cognitive Reactions to Politics as a Stressor
Yongmei Liu, Gerald R. Ferris, Darren C. Treadway, Melita L. Prati, Pamela L. Perrewe and Wayne A. Hochwarter
11. The Strain-Related Reactions to Perceptions of Organizational Politics as a Workplace Stressor: Political Skills as a Neutralizer
Robyn L. Brouer, Gerald R. Ferris, Wayne A. Hochwarter, Mary Dana Laird and David C. Gilmore
PART IV: SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE: STRATEGY, CHANGE AND DECISION MAKING AS A POLITICAL PROCESS
12. A Micro-Political Perspective of Strategic Management
Jane Gunn and Stephen Chen
13. Organizational Politics: Affective Reactions, Cognitive Assessments and their Influence on Organizational Commitment and Cynicism Toward Change
Simon Albrecht
14. The Relationship Between Perceptions of Politics, Social Support, Withdrawal and Performance
Jonathan R.B. Halbesleben and Anthony R. Wheeler
15. Competing Perspectives on the Role of Understanding in the Politics Perceptions-Job Performance Relationship: A Test of the 'Antidote' versus 'Distraction' Hypotheses
Wayne A. Hochwarter, Robert W. Kolodinsky, Lawrence A. Witt, Angela T. Hall, Gerald R. Ferris and Michele K. Kacmar
16. The Symbiosis of Organizational Politics and Organizational Democracy
David Butcher and Martin Clarke
PART V: THE PROFESSIONALS' PERSPECTIVE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
17. Speaking Truth to Power: Three Perspectives on Consultation
Robert T. Golembiewski
18. Twelve Foundations for the Power Position of Consultants
Astrid I. Boogers-van Griethuijsen, Ben J.M. Emans, Janka I. Stoker and Arndt M. Sorge
19. Organizational Politics: Building Positive Political Strategies in Turbulent Times
Ronnie Kurchner-Hawkins and Rima Miller
Index
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