Exam 13: Power and Politics

In the last month, Stacey, an intelligent and astute employee, has finished only half the work she was scheduled to complete. In addition, she has been taking frequent leaves, citing her ill health as the reason, but her manager suspects she has been playing truant. When the manager confronted her about her pending work, Stacey gave excuses: the work was time-consuming, she was unwell, and it was not a high-priority project in the first place. In this scenario, Stacey is using a(n)________ impression management technique.

Legitimate power is directly based on ________.

In the last one week, May and Phyllis have been putting in extra hours at work so that the project assigned to them by their manager is completed well within time. Though the manager was due to assign two more people to this project, he had not done so. As a result, May and Phyllis, who were having to do double their routine workload, went and complained to the division manager. May was promptly suspended from work for complaining about her immediate supervisor. This represents the operation of ________ power.

Which of the following factors contributes to political behavior in the organization?

Which of the following is true with regard to sexual harassment at the workplace?

________ power is based on the fear of the negative results from failing to comply.

When two organizations with very political environments interact with one another, the political interactions between them can hurt performance in collaborative projects.

Which of the following power tactics would be considered a hard tactic?

If an individual ________, then he or she is less likely to engage in illegitimate political behavior.

Which of the following types of power is most likely to be negatively related to employee satisfaction and commitment?