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Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases
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Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases

by Kavita Singh
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
500 pages
30h 14m
English
Pearson India
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CHAPTER 14: POWER AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANIZATIONS
As has been discussed earlier, individuals and groups form alliances or coalitions to
acquire or enhance a power base.  ompson (1967) has identi ed some of the cooperative
tactics used on occasion by groups in order to expand their power.  ese are referred to as
contracting, co-opting, and coalescing.
Contracting, which does not necessarily culminate in a formal legal agreement, is a tactic
arrived at between two or more groups to regulate future actions. For example, a management
group not wishing to maintain a confrontational stance with a trade union, which is likely to
undermine ...
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