Skip to Main Content
Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases
book

Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases

by Kavita Singh
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
500 pages
30h 14m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases
381
CHAPTER 14: POWER AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANIZATIONS
Power can be ennobling as well as corrupting. Power can be used by organizational lead-
ers to do things that they might not otherwise do. When the behaviours or actions of the
leaders have little or no relationship to legitimate organizational activities, power is seen as
corrupting. On the other hand, if the leader uses this power to enhance the e ectiveness and
performance of the subordinates, power is said to be ennobling.
Abuse of power raises ethical questions to which there are no easy answers. Asking a
subordinate to run a personal errand during lunch hour is an example of ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Organizational Behavior, Third Edition

Organizational Behavior, Third Edition

Michael A. Hitt, C. Chet Miller, Adrienne Colella
Organizational Behavior, 11th edition

Organizational Behavior, 11th edition

Richard N. Osborn, James G. Hunt, Mary Uhl-Bien, John R. Schermerhorn Jr
Organizational Behavior, 17e

Organizational Behavior, 17e

Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
Organizational Behavior, 13th Edition

Organizational Behavior, 13th Edition

Mary Uhl-Bien, John R. Schermerhorn Jr., Richard N. Osborn

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781282652729Publisher WebsitePurchase Link