Ingratiation as a political tactic: Effects within the organization

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   Hughes, Brent ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Influence; Management; Organizational behaviour; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986127787     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810204160     Document Type: Review

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