Handbook of organizational politics = Organizational politics

This exciting new 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 contributors illustrate 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. Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 7 Preface: Challenges and new frontiers for organizational politics in modern worksites......Page 9 PART I THE INDIVIDUAL’S PERSPECTIVE: POLITICS, PERSONALITY AND LEADERSHIP......Page 21 1 Organizational politics, leadership and performance in modern public worksites: A theoretical framework*......Page 23 2 Agreeableness and extraversion as moderators of the political in•uence compatibility–work outcomes relationship......Page 36 3 Personality and politics perceptions: A new conceptualization and illustration using OCBs......Page 49 4 Antecedents, processes and outcomes of collective (group-level) politics in organizations......Page 73 5 The politics of impression management in organizations: Contextual effects......Page 95 PART II ETHICS AND JUSTICE: VALUES, FAIRNESS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR TRUST IN WORKPLACE POLITICS......Page 107 6 Organizational politics, definitions and ethics......Page 109 7 The direct and indirect influence of organizational politics on organizational support, trust and commitment......Page 127 8 Politics as determinant of fairness perceptions in organizations......Page 142 PART III EMOTIONS AND STRESS: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND EMPLOYEES’ WELL-BEING......Page 157 9 Organizational politics and workplace stress......Page 159 10 The emotion of politics and the politics of emotions: Affective and cognitive reactions to politics as a stressor......Page 181 11 The strain-related reactions to perceptions of organizational politics as a workplace stressor: Political skill as a neutralizer......Page 207 PART IV SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE: STRATEGY, CHANGE AND DECISION MAKING AS A POLITICAL PROCESS......Page 227 12 A micro-political perspective of strategic management......Page 229 13 Organizational politics: Affective reactions, cognitive assessments and their influence on organizational commitment and cynicism toward change......Page 250 14 The relationship between perceptions of politics, social support, withdrawal and performance......Page 273 15 Competing perspectives on the role of understanding in the politics perceptions–job performance relationship: A test of the ‘antidote’ versus ‘distraction’ hypotheses......Page 291 16 The symbiosis of organizational politics and organizational democracy......Page 306 PART V THE PROFESSIONALS’ PERSPECTIVE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 321 17 Speaking truth to power: Three perspectives on consultation......Page 323 18 Twelve foundations for the power position of consultants......Page 333 19 Organizational politics: Building positive political strategies in turbulent times......Page 348 Index......Page 373 The Handbook of Organizational Politics 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. Comprising entirely of new chapters and insights, this second edition revisits the theory on organizational politics (OP) and examines its progress and changes in emphasis in recent years. This timely and informative book provides a comprehensive set of state-of-the-art studies on workplace politics based on experiences from around the world. The contributors highlight topics such as political skills, political will, politics and leadership, compensations, politics and performance, and politics and the learning climate. Students and scholars will benefit from the up-to-date collection of studies in the field of OP. This Handbook will also be of interest to practitioners and managers from public and private sectors looking for better explanations of internal processes in business