Index

Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress

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ISSN: 1479-3555

Publication date: 14 August 2017

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(2017), "Index", Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 15), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520170000015007

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INDEX

Achieved status
, 86–87

See also Social status

Action Theory
, 139

Aggressive political behavior
, 63

Albrecht, S. L.
, 5, 7

Alfes, K.
, 39

Allocation process, resources
, 141–142

Allostatic Load model
, 3

American Dream
, 85

Antisocial behavior
, 94

Ascribed status
, 84–85

See also Social status

Ashforth, B. E.
, 83, 91

Attributes, employees
, 119–120

Attribution theory
, 119–120

Availability
, 10–11, 41–42

defined
, 41

negative politics perception and
, 12

See also Psychological conditions, to engagement

Aversive events
, 143

Bakker, A. B.
, 93

BAS. See Behavioral Activation System (BAS)

Beehr, T. A.
, 3

Behavioral Activation System (BAS)
, 87, 90

Behavioral Inhibiting System (BIS)
, 87–88, 94, 96, 98

Behavioral mimicry
, 93

Behavioral-related outcomes, of powerlessness
, 92–94

antisocial
, 94

prosocial
, 92–93

withdrawal
, 93

Benevolent political will
, 89

Bentley, J.
, 88

BIS. See Behavioral Inhibiting System (BIS)

Black-box mechanisms
, 37

Blacksher, E.
, 86

Bongers, P. M.
, 142

Boundary conditions

MLX
, 20–21

political skills
, 19–20

Cairns, D. R.
, 94

Casrellucci, F.
, 84

Cavanaugh, M. A.
, 3

CEO succession
, 109–110

Chartrand, T. L.
, 93

Conceptual model
, 107

test of
, 126

Conservation of resources (COR) theory
, 138

Control
, 142–144

aversive events
, 143

demand-strain relationship
, 142–143

effort-distress model
, 144

lack of
, 142

minimax principle
, 143

objective
, 144

primary
, 143–144

secondary
, 143–144

Coping

with negative politics perceptions
, 13–17

disengagement
, 15–16

increasing engagement
, 16–17

loss of engagement
, 14

narrowing of engagement
, 14–15

with positive politics perceptions

disengagement
, 17–18

engagement
, 18–19

COR. See Conservation of resources (COR) theory

Corporate entrepreneurship
, 110–111

Cropanzano, R.
, 13

de Boer, E. M.
, 93

de Lange, A. H.
, 142

deCharm, R.
, 91

Disengagement
, 11–12

concept
, 11

in coping

with negative politics perception
, 15–16

with positive politics perceptions
, 17–18

state of
, 15

temporary
, 16

withdrawal behaviors
, 12

Distress
, 4

Drory, A.
, 63, 65

Dulebohn, J. H.
, 54–55

Durable resources
, 140

Edmondson, A.
, 40

Effort
, 139

Effort-distress model
, 144

Effort-reward imbalance model
, 61

Eldor, L.
, 39

Elsass, P. M.
, 92

Emotion-focused coping
, 4

Emotional intelligence
, 65–67, 70

Employee engagement. See Engagement

Employees

attributes
, 119–120

negative affectivity (NA)
, 120

participation in change process
, 121–122

political skill
, 122–124

POPs and stress
, 120–124

See also Disengagement; Engagement; Politics; Resources

Energy
, 139–140

Engagement
, 10–11, 38–39

absorbed state of
, 22

definitions
, 10, 15, 38

emotional attachment
, 11

in coping

with negative politics perception
, 14–15, 16–17

with positive politics perceptions
, 18–19

JD-R model. See Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model

psychological conditions to
, 10–11, 39–42

well-being and
, 22

Entrepreneurship. See Corporate entrepreneurship

Eustress
, 4, 17

Executive political skills
, 117–118

Expectancy theory
, 10

Expendable resources
, 139

External resources
, 139

Falbe, C. M.
, 57

Fedor, D. B.
, 8, 36

Feedback process
, 42, 43

Ferris, G. R.
, 16, 52, 54–56, 60

FFFS. See Fight-Flight-Freeze System (FFFS)

Fight-Flight-Freeze System (FFFS)
, 87, 90

Fixed internal resources
, 140

Folkman, S.
, 3

Frankenhaeuser, M.
, 144

Galinsky, A. D.
, 83–84, 85

Grawitch, M. J.
, 151

Halbesleben, J. R. B.
, 38–39

Hale, J. A.
, 89

Harrell-Cook, G.
, 54–55

Harris, K. J.
, 63

Havel, Vaclevel
, 82

Heightened engagement
, 16

Hill, S.
, 7

Hochwarter, W. A.
, 35–36, 144, 154

Homophily
, 86

Houtman, I. L.
, 142

Ibarra, H.
, 86

Impression management
, 58

Influence tactics
, 57–58

Integrated politics
, 19

Internal goal
, 145

Internal resources
, 139

Interpersonal resources
, 140–141

Intimidation and pressure
, 53

emotional intelligence and
, 65–67

political skills and
, 67–68

strain and
, 63–64

stress and
, 61–71

use of
, 53

JD-R. See Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model

Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model
, 13, 38, 142, 144, 145

Job involvement
, 16

Johansson, G.
, 144

Kacmar, C.
, 144

Kacmar, K. M.
, 16, 63

Kahn, K. W.
, 39–40, 41, 42

Kapoutsis, I.
, 88

Karatepe, O. M.
, 39

Keyes, C. L. M.
, 21

Kiewitz, C.
, 40, 41

Kipnis, D.
, 57

Kompier, M. A.
, 142

Kroon, D.
, 109

KSAOs
, 140

Lakin, J. L.
, 93

Landells, E. M.
, 5, 7

Lazarus, R. S.
, 3

Leader-member exchange (LMX)
, 18, 20–21

Leadership

executive political skills
, 117–118

middle managers
, 118–119

Leary, M. R.
, 92

Lewin, K.
, 55

Li, J.
, 37, 40

Lillie, M.
, 83

Lin, N.
, 87

Liu, Y.
, 63

LMX. See Leader-member exchange (LMX)

Low levels of engagement
, 14

M&A. See Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Macey, W. H.
, 38

Magee, J. C.
, 83–84, 85

Maslach, C.
, 154

May, D. R.
, 40, 41

Meaningfulness
, 10, 41

See also Psychological conditions, to engagement

Meisler, G.
, 63, 65

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
, 108–109

Meriac, J.
, 7

Meurs, J. A.
, 144

Middle managers
, 118–119

Mikolajczak, M.
, 66

Minimax principle
, 143

Minorities
, 85

Mintzberg, H.
, 35, 54, 56, 96

Moderating role

employee attributes
, 119–120

leadership
, 117–119

Monin, P.
, 109

Motivations
, 88

in RST framework
, 89

Narrowing of engagement
, 14–15

Negative affectivity (NA)
, 120

Negative politics perceptions
, 4, 5, 35

concept
, 6–7

coping with
, 13–17

distrust and
, 15

psychological availability and
, 12

typology
, 7

Newman, J. E.
, 3

Noorderhaven, N.
, 109

Organizational changes
, 107–111

CEO succession
, 109–110

conceptual model
, 107

corporate entrepreneurship
, 110–111

mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
, 108–109

overview
, 106–107

sensemaking
, 106–107, 111–113

uncertainty and
, 113–114

Organizational constraints
, 150

Organizational performance
, 128

Organizational politics. See Politics

Organizational resource control systems
, 148–149

Organizational resources
, 141

Outside stakeholders
, 128

Padlock model
, 88

Papalexandris, A.
, 88

Perceptions of politics (POP)
, 55–56

coping with
, 8–12

definition
, 54–55

detrimental effects of
, 37

employee stress
, 120–124

model of
, 55–56

negative outcome
, 56

organizational change and
, 108

organizational performance
, 128

outside stakeholders as a moderator
, 128

sensemaking theory
, 107

subjective
, 55

transcendence
, 127

uncertainty and
, 107, 114–117

Perrewé, P. L.
, 57, 95, 144, 154

Personal resources
, 140

Personality traits
, 89

Pfeffer, J.
, 54, 56

Piazza, A.
, 84

Piedmont, R. L.
, 127

Political acts at workplace
, 63

Political behavior
, 57–58

aggressive
, 63

as strategy to control resource
, 153–154

definitions
, 54

impression management
, 58

influence tactics
, 57–58

stress-related outcomes of
, 52–53

Political climate

development of
, 126–127

dimensions of
, 36

employee engagement and
, 38–39

See also Engagement

negative
, 37

positive
, 36–37

strategies fostering
, 42–43

Political skills
, 19–20, 56–57

as antidote to stress/strains
, 52, 57

as coping mechanism
, 67

deficiencies
, 97

defined
, 6, 56, 154

employees
, 122–124

executive
, 117–118

facets
, 56

higher levels of
, 97

intra-personal conditions
, 95

mitigating role of
, 67

resource control perspective
, 154

RST and
, 94–98

Political will
, 87–91

benevolence
, 89

concept
, 87–88

motivations
, 88

RST and
, 89–90

self-serving
, 88

Politics

as negative phenomenon
, 52, 54

as resource control strategy
, 153–154

as yin and yang
, 4–5

conceptualization of
, 34, 36–37

definition of
, 35

detrimental impact
, 34

in stress framework
, 4

outcomes of
, 37–42

perceptions of. See Perceptions of politics (POP)

positive aspects
, 55

Positive politics

at individual level
, 36

defined
, 35–36

Positive politics perceptions
, 4, 7–8

as stressor
, 17–19

coping with
, 17–19

Power
, 82

as resource control strategy
, 153–154

social status and
, 84

Powerlessness
, 82–83

behavioral-related outcomes
, 92–94

outcomes of
, 91–94

RST and adaptability to
, 94–98

sensitivity to conditions of
, 87–91

sociological influences
, 83–87

stress-related outcomes
, 91–92

theoretical implications
, 98–99

Pressure. See Intimidation and pressure

Primary control
, 143–144

Problem-focused coping
, 4

Prosocial behavior
, 92–93

Psychological conditions, to engagement
, 39–42

availability
, 10–11, 41–42

meaningfulness
, 10, 41

safety
, 10, 40

Psychological mechanisms
, 37–38

Psychological needs
, 37

Qualitative workload
, 151

Quantitative workload
, 151

Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST)
, 87

adaptability to powerlessness
, 94–98

political will and
, 88–89

Research and development (R&D)
, 111

Resource control
, 144–154

organizational resource control systems
, 148–149

perception of
, 144

resource management
, 147–148

strategies
, 153–154

stressors
, 149–153

organizational constraints
, 150

role ambiguity and conflict
, 150–151

social
, 152–153

workload
, 151–152

Resource management
, 147–148

Resources

allocation process
, 141–142

defined
, 138–139

external
, 139

internal
, 139

interpersonal
, 140–141

nature of
, 138–141

organizational
, 141

personal
, 140

time
, 140, 141

Role ambiguity
, 150–151

Role conflict
, 150–151

Rosen, C. C.
, 37, 63, 154

Ross, C. E.
, 86

Rothbaum, F.
, 143

Ryff, C. D.
, 21

Safety
, 10, 37, 40

See also Psychological conditions, to engagement

Sastry, J.
, 86

Schaufeli, W. B.
, 93

Schultheiss, O. C.
, 89

Secondary control
, 143–144

Self-determination theory
, 11, 37

Self-serving behavior
, 7, 13

Self-serving political will
, 89

Sensegiving
, 111–113, 116

Sensemaking

as active process
, 122

as social process
, 115

defined
, 6

organizational changes
, 106–107, 111–113

Shantz, A.
, 39

Siegrist, J.
, 62

Smart Richman, L.
, 92

Snyder, S. S.
, 143

Soane, E.
, 39

Social capital
, 86

Social hierarchy
, 84, 86

Social network theory
, 86

Social status

achieved
, 85–86

ascribed
, 85

defined
, 84

power and
, 84

social hierarchy and
, 84

Social stressors
, 152–153

Socioeconomic status (SES)
, 86

See also Social status

Sociological influences, of powerlessness
, 83–87

Sommer, K. L.
, 92

Stakeholders. See Outside stakeholders

Status. See Social status

Strain
, 61–62

intimidation and pressure
, 63–64

Strategic politics
, 19

Strategies

coping. See Coping

for positive political climate
, 42–43

resource control
, 153–154

Strelan, P.
, 83

Stress
, 61–62

control and. See Control

emotional intelligence and
, 65–67

intimidation and pressure
, 61–71

perceptions of politics (POP)
, 120–124

political skills and
, 67–68

Stress framework
, 3

Stress process
, 3–4

Stress-related outcomes, of powerlessness
, 91–92

Stressors
, 3

challenge
, 3–4

coping strategies
, 4

hindrance
, 4

negative politics perceptions as
, 12–17

positive politics perceptions as
, 17–19

resource control
, 149–153

organizational constraints
, 150

role ambiguity and conflict
, 150–151

social
, 152–153

workload
, 151–152

workplace
, 3–4

Supervisors

impression management by
, 58

influence tactics by
, 57–58

See also Intimidation and pressure

Surveys
, 42, 43

Syroit, J. E.
, 93

Taoism. See Yin and yang

Taris, T. W.
, 142

Temporary disengagement
, 16

Test of model
, 126

Thomas, A.
, 7

Time
, 139, 140, 141

Training and development programs
, 43

Transactional model
, 3

Transcendence
, 127

Treadway, D. C.
, 88, 95

Truss, C.
, 39

Uncertainty

organizational changes and
, 113–114

perceptions of politics (POP)
, 107, 114–117

Vaara, E.
, 109

Veiga, J. F.
, 92

Vigoda, E.
, 13, 55

Volatile resources
, 139

Vroom, V. H.
, 10

Warburton, W. A.
, 94

Weick, K.
, 6

Weisz, J. R.
, 143

Well-being
, 21–22

Williams, K. D.
, 92, 94

Withdrawal behavior
, 94

Women
, 85

Work role

engagement to
, 10–11

physical investment into
, 11

Work-family conflict
, 151

Workload
, 151–152

qualitative
, 151

quantitative
, 151

Workshops
, 42, 43

Yin and yang
, 4–5

Yukl, G.
, 57