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Taking a Fresh Look at the Organizational Backstage: Political Behavior and Its Consequences

Year: 2023

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: It is widely accepted today that politics is an unavoidable dimension of organizational dynamics, exerting a substantial impact on a diversity of factors and targets. This chapter, which covers some of the main theoretical and empirical frameworks that cut across the study of politics in organizations, aims to review the literature on the subject. The authors analyze the main theoretical perspectives and lines of research that politics has concurred around, as well as make a broad discussion about the different colorings that the effects of politics can have in an organizational context. With this literature review, they hope to give a more balanced view of a dimension that has been considered the perverse backstage of organizations and the dark side of organizational behavior for years.

Source: Advances in human resources management and organizational development book series

Parent work: Examining Applied Multicultural Industrial and Organizational Psychology

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7212-5.ch008

Authors: Sandra Miranda, Ana Cristina Antunes

Institution: Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green