Research in micropolitics: State of the art and critical reflections;Mikropolitik: Stand der forschung und reflexion

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 189-202

  Neuberger, Oswald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Influence tactics; Micropolitics; Organizational conditions; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750552386     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.50.4.189     Document Type: Review

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