| Power and Interdependence in Organizations Contributor(s): Tjosvold, Dean (Editor), Wisse, Barbara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521878594 ISBN-13: 9780521878593 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Political Science | Political Process - General - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior |
| Dewey: 303.34 |
| LCCN: 2008053195 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Management |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.65 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Power is an inescapable feature of human existence. It plays a role in all social contexts and is particularly important in the functioning of organizations and work groups. Organizational researchers have certainly recognised the importance of power but have traditionally focused on its negative aspects. Yet power can also have very positive effects. Power and Interdependence in Organizations capitalizes on significant developments in social science over the past twenty years to show how managers and employees can manage power in order to make it a constructive force in organizations. Written by a team of international academics, the book explores both the positive and negative aspects of power, identifying opportunities and threats. It shows that harnessing the positive aspects of power, as well as controlling its more destructive effects, has the potential to revolutionise the way that organizations function, making them both more humane and productive. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tjosvold, Dean: - Dean Tjosvold is the Henry Y. W. Fong Chair Professor of Management at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.Wisse, Barbara: - Barbara Wisse is Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at VU University Amsterdam. |
