Politics in Organization and Its Perception Within the Organization
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1988
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Journal Article
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*Organizational-Research (D593100); *Political-Behavior (D638400); *Workers- (D929700); *Perceptions- (D618000)
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No discipline assigned
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English
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103-362-057
(Last edited on
2002/02/27 18:44:47 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
An examination of the meaning of the concept "organizational politics" (OP) as perceived by members of organizations. Analysis of the responses of 156 employees to a critical incident scale presenting various combinations of OP definition elements suggests that OP is more highly associated with informal rather than formal or illegal behavior. The presence of other definition elements - eg, power attainment, acting against the organization, & concealment of motive - increases the likelihood of judging behaviors as political only when formal behavioral styles are employed. In the presence of informal & illegal behavioral styles, the addition of the above elements has no effect. These results challenge the structure of most OP definitions offered in the literature by suggesting that employees perceive OP not as a rigid series of necessary conditions but as a set of variables that have complex & flexible interrelationships. 4 Tables, 27 References. HA
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