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Handbook of organizational politics / edited by Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Amos Drory.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2006.Description: xx, 370 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1843769956 (cloth)
  • 9781843769958 (cloth)
Other title:
  • Organizational politics
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.35 HAN
Contents:
Part I. The individual's perspectives : politics, personality and leadership - 1. Organizational politics, leadership and performance in modern public worksites : a theoretical framework - 2. Agreeableness and extraversion as moderators of the political influence compatibility - work outcomes relationship - 3. Personality and politics perceptions : a new conceptualization and illustration using OCBs - 4. Antecedents, processes and outcomes of collective (group-level) politics in organizations - 5. The politics of impression management in organizations : contextual effects -- Part II. Ethics and justice : values, fairness and the possibilities for trust in workplace politics - 6. Organizational politics, definitions and ethics - 7. The direct and indirect influence of organizational politics on organizational support, trust and commitment - 8. Politics as determinant of fairness perceptions in organizations -- Part III. Emotions and stress : organizational politics and employees' well-being - 9. Organizational politics and workplace stress - 10. The emotion of politics and the politics of emotions : affective and cognitive reactions to politics as a stressor - 11. The strain-related reactions to perceptions of perceptions of organizational politics as workplace stressor : political skill as a neutralizer -- Part IV. Systems and performance : strategy, change and decision making as a political process - 12. A micro-political perspective of strategic management - 13. Organizational politics : affective reactions, cognitive assessments and their influence on organizational commitment and cynicism toward change - 14. The relationship between perceptions of politics, social support, withdrawal and performance - 15. Competing perspectives on the role of understanding in the politics perceptions - job performance relationship : a test of the 'antidote' versus 'distraction' hypotheses - 16. The symbiosis of organizational politics and organizational democracy -- Part V. The professionals' perspective: human resource management and consulting in a political environment - 17. Speaking truth to power : three perspectives on consultation - 18. Twelve foundations for the power position of consultants - 19. Organizational politics : building positive political strategies in turbulent times.
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Includes index.

Part I. The individual's perspectives : politics, personality and leadership - 1. Organizational politics, leadership and performance in modern public worksites : a theoretical framework - 2. Agreeableness and extraversion as moderators of the political influence compatibility - work outcomes relationship - 3. Personality and politics perceptions : a new conceptualization and illustration using OCBs - 4. Antecedents, processes and outcomes of collective (group-level) politics in organizations - 5. The politics of impression management in organizations : contextual effects -- Part II. Ethics and justice : values, fairness and the possibilities for trust in workplace politics - 6. Organizational politics, definitions and ethics - 7. The direct and indirect influence of organizational politics on organizational support, trust and commitment - 8. Politics as determinant of fairness perceptions in organizations -- Part III. Emotions and stress : organizational politics and employees' well-being - 9. Organizational politics and workplace stress - 10. The emotion of politics and the politics of emotions : affective and cognitive reactions to politics as a stressor - 11. The strain-related reactions to perceptions of perceptions of organizational politics as workplace stressor : political skill as a neutralizer -- Part IV. Systems and performance : strategy, change and decision making as a political process - 12. A micro-political perspective of strategic management - 13. Organizational politics : affective reactions, cognitive assessments and their influence on organizational commitment and cynicism toward change - 14. The relationship between perceptions of politics, social support, withdrawal and performance - 15. Competing perspectives on the role of understanding in the politics perceptions - job performance relationship : a test of the 'antidote' versus 'distraction' hypotheses - 16. The symbiosis of organizational politics and organizational democracy -- Part V. The professionals' perspective: human resource management and consulting in a political environment - 17. Speaking truth to power : three perspectives on consultation - 18. Twelve foundations for the power position of consultants - 19. Organizational politics : building positive political strategies in turbulent times.