Organizational influence processes / [electronic resource] [edited by] Robert W. Allen, Lyman W. Porter.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Dreams of humanization and the realities of power / Walter R. Nord -- The use of power / David Kipnis -- A strategic contingencies' theory of intraorganizational power / D.J. Hickson ... [et al.] -- Who gets power--and how they hold onto it: a strategic-contingency model of power / Gerald R. Salancik, Jeffrey Pfeffer -- A behavioral interpretation of power / Kenneth R. Thompson, Fred Luthans -- Power failure in management circuits / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Intraorganizational influence tactics: explorations in getting one's way / D. Kipnis, Stuart M. Schmidt, Ian Wilkinson -- Power, dependence, and effective management / John P. Kotter -- Power to the powerless: locus of control and the use of power / Barry E. Goodstadt, Larry A. Hjelle -- On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B / Steven Kerr -- Intimidation rituals: reactions to reform / Rory O'Day -- A vertical dyad linkage approach to leadership within formal organizations: a longitudinal investigation of the role making process / Fred Dansereau, Jr., George Graen, William J. Haga -- An historical discontinuity: from charisma to routinization / Graeme Salaman -- Organizational socialization and the profession of management / Edgar H. Schein -- People processing: strategies of organizational socialization / John Van Maanen -- Effects of group pressure upon the modification and distortion of judgments / S.E. Asch -- Groupthink / Irving L. Janis -- The Abilene paradox: the management of agreement / Jerry B. Harvey -- Interpersonal communication, group solidarity, and social influence / E.H. Schein -- Coalitions / J. Pfeffer -- Tactics of lateral relationship: the purchasing agent / George Strauss -- Sources of power of lower participants in complex organizations / David Mechanic -- Toward a definition of organizational politics / Bronston T. Mayes, Robert W. Allen -- An exploration of two cultures of a model of political behavior in organizations / Peter J. Frost, David C. Hayes -- A political approach to organizations: a review and rationale / Michael L. Tushman -- The politics of upward influence in organizations / Lyman W. Porter, R.W. Allen, Harold L. Angle -- The ethics of organizational politics / Gerald F. Cavanagh, Dennis J. Moberg, Manuel Velasquez -- The experience of workplace politics / Jeffrey Gandz, Victor V. Murray -- Organizational politics: an exploration of managers' perceptions / Dan L. Madison ... [et al.] -- Organizational politics: tactics and characteristics of its actors / R.W. Allen ... [et al.].

Also issued online.