Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress /edited by Christopher C. Rosen, Pamela L. Perrewé.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Cover; Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Overview; Acknowledgment; All Roads Lead to Well-Being: Unexpected Relationships between Organizational Politics Perceptions, Employee Engagement, and worker well-being; Introduction; Stressors Lead to Strain -- the Stress Process; Politics Perceptions within the Stress Process: Yin and Yang; Perceptions of Politics; Negative Politics Perceptions; Positive Politics Perceptions; Coping with Politics Perceptions: Engagement and Disengagement.

Employee EngagementDisengagement; Negative Politics Perceptions as a Stressor; Coping with Negative Politics Perceptions; Loss of Engagement; Narrowing of Engagement; Disengagement; Increasing Engagement; Positive Politics Perceptions as a Stressor; Coping with Positive Politics Perceptions; Disengagement; Engagement; Boundary Conditions; Political Skill; LMX; All Roads Lead to Well-Being; Conclusion; References; Positive Politics, Negative Politics, and Engagement: Psychological Safety, Meaningfulness, and Availability as "Black Box" Explanatory Mechanisms; Introduction.

Organizational PoliticsOrganizational Politics and its Outcomes; Employee Engagement; Psychological Conditions as Mediating Mechanisms; Psychological Safety; Psychological Meaningfulness; Psychological Availability; Practical Strategies for Fostering a Positive Organizational Political Climate; Future Research; Conclusion; References; Stress, Psychological Strain, and Reduced Organizational Effectiveness: The Destructive Consequences of the Use of Intimidation and Pressure by Supervisors; Introduction; Review of Theory and Research; Perceptions of Organizational Politics; Political Skill.

Political BehaviorThe Conceptual Model; Intimidation, Pressure, and Occupational Stress; Occupational Stress and Strain; Intimidation, Pressure, and Strain; Intimidation, Pressure, Occupational Stress, and Strain; The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence; The Moderating Role of Political Skill; Discussion; Contributions and Implications for Practice; Directions for Future Research; Summary; References; Sensitivity and Adaptability in the Face of Powerlessness: The Roles of Political Will and Political Skill within the Experience of Powerlessness and its Impact on Stress-Related Outcomes.

What Does It Mean to Be Powerless?Sociological Influences on Powerlessness; Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, and Powerlessness; Ascribed Status; Achieved Status; Sensitivity to Conditions of Powerlessness; Political Will; Political Will and RST; Outcomes of Powerlessness; Stress-Related Outcomes; Behavior-Related Outcomes; Prosocial; Withdrawal; Antisocial; RST and Adaptability to Powerlessness; Political Skill; Theoretical Implications; References.

This volume focuses on the connections between social influence processes, broadly defined (e.g., power, politics, political skill and influence), and employee stress, health, and well-being.

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