1. How can managers most effectively leverage the positive effects of organizational politics?

2. In what ways can managers minimize employee perceptions of organizational politics?

EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE Political Behavior: A Viable Coping Strategy for Organizational Politics? Research suggests that political behavior often. employee perceptions of organizational politics. As resultsinnegativeoutcomesforindividualsandorganizations.Butincertainsituationsitmayhavetheyarelikelytosufferonewayortheother.Iftheyemployeeperceptionsoforganizationatpotics.Aslongasemployeesperceiveorganizationalpolitics. positive outcomes. Researchers Shuhua Sun of Tulane actively "play the political game," they may gain a University and Huaizhong Chen of West Virginia sense of greater control, but at the cost of more University found that when employees choose to "play emotional exhaustion. On the other hand, if they the political game" and engage in political behavior. choose not to politick. they will tikely experience lower it can serve as a coping mechanism that reduces. levels of psychological empowerment. the negative effects of perceived organizational politics on employee psychological empowerment and ultimately on employee task performance. Critical-Thinking Questions However, it appears that these positive benefits may come with an associated cost Their findings also 1. How can managers most effectively leverage the suggest that political behavior also increases the positive effects of organizational politics? negative effects of perceived organizational politics 2 In what ways can managers minimize employee on employee emotional exhaustion, thereby reducing perceptions of organizational politics? task performance. These researchers suggest that employees should be aware of both the positive Source: Sun 5 \& \& Chen H (2017 May zzi is Political Bethonor a Wable Cooing and negative effects of political behavior as a coping Strategy to Porceived Orginizational Polites? Unweing the Undefling Pesoure Dyramics voumai Q'Appled Psychology. Advance online publication. strategy, while managers should attempt to minimize