Definitions of power abound. German sociologist, Max Weber defined power as "the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance." Along similar lines, Emerson suggests that "The power of actor A over actor B is the amount of resistance on the part of B which can be potentially overcome by A." Power appears to involve on...

The main purpose of this study was to examine the probable effects of perception of politics on impression management behaviors of hotel employees in Izmir, Turkey. For this study, a total number of 205 usable questionnaires were collected from employees working in five star hotels in Izmir city center. The hypothesized relationships were tested using SPSS 17 version. The results indicated that...

objective: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between perceived organizational justice and organizational commitment of physical education teachers in west azerbaijan province. methods: research method is descriptive-correlation conducted using the field method. statistical population includes physical education teachers in west azerbaijan which are 1091 persons. the samp...

Organizational politics is evident across the globe within organizations. This emergent issue needs further investigation with reference to employee personality. The intention of current study was better understand how employees respond organizational politics. primary goal research examine moderating role personality factors on bankers' perceptions and attitudes toward their jobs (i.e. job sat...

This paper addresses organizational limits to learning within a project intensive organization. The idea of 'learning inaction' (the organizational dynamics that underpin a failure to act) is used as a conceptual frame. Our analysis of three case examples from MillCorp, a project intensive firm, revealed three organizational limits to learning. First, underlying anxieties prompt an over-relianc...

current research paper is to delve into the employee-organization relationships as an effective factor on organizational citizenship behavior. the employee-organization relationships involve two dimensions: perceived organizational support and organizational identity. job autonomy is a moderator variable between the employee-organization relationships and organizational citizenship behaviors. t...

Abstract Work–family conflict is a subject of interest for researchers in the field organizational behavior decades because its negative impact on an individual’s life. The existing literature identified that workplace stressors contribute to work–family and Perceived Organizational Politics emerged as aversive stressor. From empirical pieces evidence, it observed perceived politics are indirec...

This article introduces the concepts of information politics and information culture and presents a case study that explores these concepts. The literature from the areas of IS theory and organization theory that provides a backdrop to these concepts is discussed. A case of an organization that has characteristics of both small business and voluntary organization is presented as initial validat...