Power and Influence in Organizations
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Power and Influence in Organizations

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Power and Influence in Organizations

About this book

This volume is a readily accessible compilation of current, original research in the area of power and influence in organizations. Power and Influence in Organizations offers a rich exploration of emerging trends and new perspectives. Contributors include leading scholars in organizational behavior and theory and major contemporary intellectual pioneers in research on power and influence, including Samuel B. Bacharach, Robert Cialdini, Edward J. Lawler, and Jeffrey Pfeffer. Each contributor provides insight into his or her own research, an overview of general trends, and thoughts about the direction of future research. Topics examined include manipulation of employee perceptions and values; the links between power and accountability; sharing power; the effects of gender on power and influence; illusions of influence; and impression management. Advanced students and scholars in organizational behavior, social influence, power and politics, conflict management, and institutional politics will find Power and Influence in Organizations stimulating and a useful roadmap to present and future research.

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Yes, you can access Power and Influence in Organizations by Roderick M. Kramer,Margaret A. Neale, Roderick M Kramer, Margaret A. Neale in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Organisational Behaviour. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1 - Illusions of Influence
  5. Chapter 2 - Simmelian Ties: Super Strong and Sticky
  6. Chapter 3 - Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Change in Organizational Structure
  7. Chapter 4 - Political Alignments in Organizations: Contextualization, Mobilization, and Coordination
  8. Chapter 5 - The Power of Resistance: Sustaining Valued Identities
  9. Chapter 6 - Losing Our Religion: On the Precariousness of Precise Normative Standards in Complex Accountability Systems
  10. Chapter 7 - Under the Influence? Organizational Paranoia and the Misperception of Others' Influence Behavior
  11. Chapter 8 - Some Ethical Aspects of the Social Psychology of Social Influence
  12. Chapter 9 - Two Faces of the Powerless: Coping with Tyranny in Organizations
  13. Chapter 10 - Personality Correlates of Structural Holes
  14. Chapter 11 - The Psychology of Authority Relations: A Relational Perspective on Influence and Power in Groups
  15. Chapter 12 - Uses and Misuses of Power in Task-Performing Teams
  16. Chapter 13 - To be or not to be (Self-Promoting): The Consequences of Counterstereotypical Impression Management
  17. Chapter 14 - Women and Power: Conformity, Resistance, and Disorganized Coaction
  18. Chapter 15 - Championing Charged Issues: The Case of Gender Equity within Organizations
  19. Index
  20. About the Contributors