Power and Influence in Organizations - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761908609 ISBN 13: 9780761908609

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Roderick M. Kramer and Margaret A. Neale, both at Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761908609
• ISBN 13: 9780761908609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Kramer Roderick M, Neale Margaret A.