Understanding and Managing Organizational Politics
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Robert C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-07T17:48:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-07T17:48:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02-18 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2520 | |
dc.description | Sixth Asia-Pacific Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences (AP16Thai Conference) ISBN: 978-1-943579-10-5 Bangkok-Thailand. 18-20 February, 2016. Paper ID: T644 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this paper is to present a basis for an understanding of organizational politics and provide various approaches to decreasing its presence and generally negative effects on the organization. Self-interest is a common component of organizational politics and is represented by members’ interests to preserve one’s career (Vigoda, 2000) and to advance one’s career (Randall, Cropanzano, Borman, & Birjulin, 1999). The negative effects of organizational politics can ultimately undermine the overall goals of the organization and include: the playing of favorites (Malik, Danish, & Ghafoor, 2009); poor organizational citizenship behaviors (Chang, et al., 2009); the decline in job satisfaction and increases of job stress (Miller, Rutherford, & Kolodinsky, 2008; an indifferent employee attitude, and poor job performance (Witt, Andrews, & Kacmar, 2000); disruption of return on employee investment (Hochwarter, Kacmar, Perrewe, & Johnson, 2003); and lower morale (Chang et al., 2009). Strategies found effective in reducing organizational politics include but are not limited to: involving employees in decision making, fostering teamwork, building trust and social support, hiring politically under-skilled employees, and basing personnel and program decisions on objective criteria. Politics’ omnipresence across organizations presents a challenge for managers in that it will never be eradicated but must be consistently addressed if organizational outcomes are to be achieved and maximized. | |
dc.subject | Organizational Support | |
dc.subject | Work Environment | |
dc.subject | Job Satisfaction | |
dc.subject | Personnel Actions | |
dc.title | Understanding and Managing Organizational Politics | |
dc.type | conference | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-07T17:48:57Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Brockport | |
dc.source.status | published | |
dc.description.publicationtitle | Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education Presentations and Papers | |
dc.contributor.organization | The College at Brockport | |
dc.languate.iso | en_US |