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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction – Roderick M Kramer and Margaret A Neale
Illusions of Influence – Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert B Cialdini
Simmelian Ties – David Krackhardt
Super Strong and Sticky
Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes – Kathleen L Valley and Tracy A Thompson
Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Change in Organizational Structure
Political Alignments in Organizations – Samuel B Bacharach and Edward J Lawler
Contextualization, Mobilization and Coordination
The Power of Resistance – Blake E Ashforth and Fred A Mael
Sustaining Valued Identities
Losing Our Religion – Philip E Tetlock
On the Precariousness of Precise Normative Standards in Complex Accountability Systems
Under the Influence? Organizational Paranoia and the Misperception of Others′ Influence Behavior – Roderick M Kramer and Benjamin A Hanna
Some Ethical Aspects of the Social Psychology of Social Influence – David M Messick and Rafal K Ohme
Two Faces of the Powerless – Robert J Bies and Thomas M Tripp
Coping with Tyranny in Organizations
Personality Correlates of Structural Holes – Ronald S Burt
The Psychology of Authority Relations – Tom R Tyler
A Relational Perspective on Influence and Power in Groups
Uses and Misuses of Power in Task-Performing Teams – Ruth Wageman and Elizabeth A Mannix
To Be or Not To Be (Self-Promoting) – Laurie A Rudman
The Consequences of Counterstereotypical Impression Management
Women and Power – Joanne Martin and Debra Meyerson
Conformity, Resistance, and Disorganized Coaction
Championing Charged Issues – Susan J Ashford
The Case of Gender Equity within Organizations
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