Handbook of Organizational Politics

Edited by Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Professor of Public Administration and Management, Division of Public Administration and Policy, School of Political Science, University of Haifa and Amos Drory, Professor Emeritus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

'This edited Handbook is a must read for anyone interested in organizational politics. The beauty of this edition of the Handbook is that it not only provides an interesting and thorough historical review of the theories and concepts associated with organizational politics research but also delivers a much-needed road map for the future direction of the field.'--Micki Kacmar, Texas State University, US

• Contents:IntroductionEran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos DroryPART I POLITICAL SKILL, POLITICAL WILL, LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE1. The Roles of Political Skill and Political Will in Job Performance Prediction: A Moderated Nonlinear PersectiveJohn N. Harris, Liam P. Maher, and Gerald R. Ferris2. Playing the Political Game at Work: The Roles of Political Will, Political Prudence, and Political SkillIlias Kapoutsis3. Political Skill, Leadership, and Performance: The Role of Vision Identification and ArticulationAndreas Wihler, Rachel Frieder, Gerhard Blickle, Katharina Oerder and Nora Schütte4. Political is the New Prosocial: Leaders’ Support of Followers through Political BehaviorB. Parker Ellen III, Gerald R. Ferris and M. Ronald Buckley PART II ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND THE SOCIAL SPHERE5. Pay-For-Politics: Considering the Variable Compensation - Organizational Politics RelationshipTimothy P. Munyon, Jacquelyn D. Jacobs, Andrew M. Carnes and Sergio López Bohle6. How Social Media Can Impact the Organizational Political ProcessGordon B. Schmidt7. Political Blunders within OrganizationsAndrew J. DuBrin PART III BETWEEN DARK AND BRIGHT: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS IN COLORS8. Learning Culture and Organizational Politics: A Theoretical Model and Preliminary Test of Their Impact on Effective Organizational Auditing Moshe Mizrahi, Dana R. Vashdi and Eran Vigoda-Gadot9. Looking on the Bright Side: The Positive Role of Organizational Politics in the Relationship between Employee Engagement and Work Performance Liat Eldor10. The Ethical Sphere: Organizational Politics, Fairness, and JusticeDuane Windsor11. The Effects of Machiavellian Leaders on Employees’ Use of Upward Influence Tactics: An Examination of the Moderating Roles of Gender and Perceived Leader SimilarityHataya Sibunruang and Alessandra CapezioPART IV NEW FRONTIERS: MATURITY, EMOTIONS, AND NEW METHODS12. Organizational Politics and a Maturity Model: An Integration and Extension of Existing Models and DimensionsErin M. Landells and Simon L. Albrecht 13. Emotion and Emotional Intelligence in Organizational Politics Amos Drory and Galit Meisler 14. Rats in the Shadows: Researching Organizational PoliticsDavid A. Buchanan15. Political Behaviors, Politics Perceptions and Work Outcomes: Moving to an Experimental StudySarah E. Hill, Amanda L.E. Thomas and John P. MeriacIndex