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Organizational Politics: An Exploration of Managers' Perceptions

Management Department, School of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840.

Robert W. Allen

Lyman W. Porter

Patricia A. Renwick

Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California, Irvine

Bronston T. Mayes

University of Nebraska

Managers' perceptions of political activity associated with different situations, functional areas, and hierarchical levels were studied in 30 organizations. Politics was perceived to be related to power, uncertainty, and importance of the issue to the organization and to the individual. Perceived negative andpositive instrumentalities of politics werefoundfor individuals and organizations.

Human Relations, Vol. 33, No. 2, 79-100 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/001872678003300201


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