Abstract:The importance of political relations and political processes in organizations has been remarked on recurrently by researchers and people with experience of organizations. This entry considers the following aspects. First, the politics within organizations and especially that between different groups. This intraorganizational politics is widely reported, and some recurrent patterns have been observed. Second, there are political dimensions to the activities and actions of organizations themselves. Zald long ag… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.