Political behavior in organizational context: nature, research and paradigm
This paper investigates political behavior in organization context. In the first section, it studies inappropriate terminology in political behavior arena and recommends that political behaviors are neither positive nor negative in nature. The study also demonstrates that ends and means for influenc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Growing Science
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Management Science Letters |
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| Online Access: | http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol2/msl_2012_226.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper investigates political behavior in organization context. In the first section, it studies inappropriate terminology in political behavior arena and recommends that political behaviors are neither positive nor negative in nature. The study also demonstrates that ends and means for influencing others are two criteria for determining faces of political behavior. In the second section, related and important research are reviewed and categorized in terms of content. Finally, we present the dominant paradigm of political behavior as a philosophical infrastructure. The study also presents some guidelines for further research the limitations are discussed in conclusion part. |
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| ISSN: | 1923-9335 1923-9343 |