Article
Reorganizing Organizational Politics Research: A Review of the Literature and Identification of Future Research Directions
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
(2019)
Abstract
Organizational politics has been an oft-studied phenomenon for nearly four decades. Prior reviews have described research in this stream as aligning with one of three categories: perceptions of organizational politics, political behavior, or political skill. We suggest that because these categories are at the construct level, research on organizational politics has been artificially constrained. Thus, we suggest a new framework, with higher-level categories, within which to classify organizational politics research – political characteristics, political actions, and political outcomes. We then provide a broad review of the literature applicable to these new categories and discuss the possibilities for future research within each expanded category. Finally, we close with a discussion of future directions for organizational politics research in general, across the categories.
Publication Date
January 21, 2019
Citation Information
Gerald R. Ferris, B. Parker Ellen and Liam P. Maher. "Reorganizing Organizational Politics Research: A Review of the Literature and Identification of Future Research Directions" Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Vol. 6 (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/liam-maher/17/