Power, Politics and Influence
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This book comprehensively explores the foundational principles of power, influence, and organizational politics, presenting actionable approaches for both employees and management to skillfully navigate these intricacies without succumbing to undue incivility, stress, or burnout. Power, as an imperceptible yet influential entity within organizations, steers the trajectory of decisions, behaviors, and the dynamic interplay between leaders and their teams.
This book examines leadership theory and practice, offering a unique perspective on leadership styles, behaviors, and traits. In today's dynamic landscape, leadership capability and skill are important across sectors, influencing organizational health, political landscapes, and societal development. The book presents the challenges modern leaders face and how leadership theory can enrich workplace dynamics and beyond.
Bridging the gap between academic research and practice, this volume offers guidance for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. From political skill to organizational culture, this book examines leadership from a multidisciplinary perspective. Scholars, students, and researchers of political science, business, management, economics, international relations, and psychology, as well as consultants, policymakers, and leaders interested in a better understanding of effective leadership concepts and the latest research in politics, policy, and participation in any setting, will find this resource invaluable.
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Adebowale "Ad" Akande is one of the world's best-known scholars of Cross-Cultural Research. Author of best-selling books. Co-recipient -2005 SIOP's M. Scott Myers Award; 2007 and 2009 Ursula Gielen Global Award, the GW. Allport Prize (2005), He is also known as a popularizer of global politics, psychology, and business research. He currently serves as an international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to several Canadian and American Universities.
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Chapter 1. Prologue: Power, Politics, and Influence: Leading, Following, and Navigating the Organizational Dynamics.- Chapter 2. Simultaneously Leaders and Followers? Examining the Follower and Leader Role Switching - From Follett, Bass, Vroom, Hofstede, to Avolio, Yukl, and Akande.- Chapter 3. Reversing the Lens: Positioning Followership as a Partnership in Reciprocal Leading.- Chapter 4. Leadership Research Reframed: Effectiveness, Cross-cultural Connections, and Social Networking.- Chapter 5. Being Penalized for Helping Coworkers: Career Study on People Pleasing and Internal Networking.- Chapter 6. Talent and Retention Management Practices in National and International Companies in Austria: Political Skills as a Counterbalance.- Chapter 7. Are Internally Motivated Employees Satisfied With Their Job and Personal Growth? The Negative Role of Disrespectful Leadership.- Chapter 8. Leadership Competencies and Inherent Attributes in Times of Crisis.- Chapter 9. Futures and Strategic Learning: Strategy Narrative and Storytelling.- Chapter 10. Leading Toward Employee Well-being: Pathways to Thriving at Work.- Chapter 11. Ostracism and Inclusion: Negative in-group Favoritism and Belonging.- Chapter 12. The Effects of Covid-19 Related Threat on Perceived Control and Ingroup Favoritism.- Chapter 13. Autocracy and Militarism in Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.- Chapter 14. Mis-leadership, Autocracy, and the Crisis of Democracy in Donald Trump.- Chapter 15. Leadership: When Clear and Present Danger Meets a Crisis.- Chapter 16. Toward a Conceptualization of Hope-centered Leadership.- Chapter 17. Unlocking the Potential: the Impact of Inclusive Leadership in Modern Organization.- Chapter 18. Servant Leadership Research in Emerging Economies: an Overview.- Chapter 19. Leadership in the Legalization and Control of Firearms in the Conditions of War: Problems and Prospects.- Chapter 20. The Evolving Gun Culture in America and Attitude Toward Violence.- Chapter 21. Workplace Belonging: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Gig Workers in Greece.- Chapter 22. The Psychology of Automation and Artificial Intelligence at Work: Four Fantasies and Their Leadership Implications.- Chapter 23. Optimizing Workforce Efficacy and People Analytics: an Inclusive Model of Human Resource Management for Effective Training.- Chapter 24. The Evolution of Leadership: Past, Present, and Future Research Trends.