Exam 13: Power and Politics

Which of the following power tactics can be used most effectively for exerting lateral influence?

Which of the following skills best represents the ability of people to influence others to enhance their own objectives?

Sally finds out that her salary is lower than her peers. She discusses this with her boss, showing him how her performance has increased company revenues. As a result, she gets a substantial raise. Which of the following power tactics did she use?

The more alternative job opportunities an individual has, the more likely that individual is to risk illegitimate political actions.

Celebrities are paid millions of dollars to endorse products in commercials because the advertisers believe the celebrities have ________ power.

Expert power develops out of admiration of another and a desire to be like that person.

What are defensive behaviors? Provide three examples of defensive behaviors and explain why an employee would engage in the behavior.

Which of the following power tactics involves increasing the target's support by involving him or her in decision making?

What are the various individual factors that make a person more likely to engage in political behavior?

If your superior tells you that she will offer you a raise provided you perform additional work beyond the requirements of your job, he/she is exercising ________ power.

The two general groupings of power are ________.

List and discuss the bases of personal power.

Placing the blame for a negative outcome on external factors that are not entirely blameworthy is known as ________.

Thomas recognizes that his firm is plagued by organizational politics. He is not good at playing games and instead frequently engages in defensive behaviors in order to protect himself and his interests. Thomas is frustrated because he believes that he has little control over his environment, and his environment is uncomfortable to him. He has had some success at establishing a sense of control for himself by appearing to be more supportive publicly while doing little or nothing privately. -Buffing falls under the category of avoiding ________.

A Study has found that male employees are more responsive to ethical leadership and show the most citizenship behavior when levels of both politics and ethical leadership are high.

The vast majority of all organizational political actions are of the illegitimate variety.

What power tactics can employees use to translate their power bases into specific actions and how does each one work?

Which of the following is not considered to be a power tactic?

Your colleagues at work are constantly talking about the vice-president in your region. He is perceived throughout the organization as a ruthless man who is not to be antagonized. It is necessary for you to bring him a report, and you are very nervous about having to deal with him. -The vice president's major base of power seems to be ________.

________ occurs when people within organizations use whatever influence they can to taint the facts to support their goals and interests.