A multi-level conceptualization of organizational politics

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior: Volume I - Micro Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 353-370

  Lux, Sean ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^b   Brouer, Robyn L ^c   Laird, Mary Dana ^d   Summers, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781849200448.n20     Document Type: Chapter

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