1. POWER & POLITICS
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1. Adiarti Nursasanti
2. Fithriani
3. Gunadhi Abiyoga
4. Aria Arifin
5. Meysha Agni
6. Raden Krisma Hadianto
7. Shafiqah
POWER & POLITICS
2. POWER & POLITICS
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WHAT?WHAT?
A
B
“capacity that A has to influence
the behaviour of B so B acts in
accordance with A’s wishes”
The capacity or ability to direct or
influence the behaviour of others or
the course of events
a political process that offers people
power over their own lives
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Dependence
3. POWER & POLITICS
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Between LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP & POWERPOWER
Research Focus
Leadership styles
and relationships
with followers
Research Focus
Power tactics for
gaining compliance
4. POWER & POLITICS
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Formal PowerFormal Power
Fear of the
negative results
from failing to
comply
Compliance achieved
based on the ability to
distribute rewards that
others view as
valuable
As a result of his or
her position in the
formal hierarchy of an
organization
5. Personal Power
PERSONAL POWER
IS THE MOST
EFFECTIVE
• Expert & referent power related to employees
satisfaction
• Coercive power can be negative
• People wish to identify with & emulate with people in
referent power
8. 8
What is power tactics?
Translation of power into a specific action
Implementation of influential power to their
bosses, coworkers, or employees
9. The 2 Bases of Power
Formal Power:
•Coercive Power
•Reward Power
•Legitimate Power
Personal Power
•Expert Power
•Referent Power
10. Nine influence tactics likely to be
relevant to a manager’s effectiveness
Rational Persuasion
Inspirational appeal
Consultation
Ingratiation
Exchange
Personal Appeal
Coalition
Legitimating
Pressure
11. 11
Factors influencing power
tactics
Sequencing of tactics
Personal skill in using the tactic
Person’s relative power
Type of request and how the request is
perceived
Culture of the organization
12. SEXUAL HARRASMENT :
UNEQUAL POWER IN THE
WORKPLACE
Pelecehan seksual adalah perilaku verbal dan fisik
Lain yang bersifat seksual yang tidak diharapkan
Sexual
Harrasment POWER
13. SEXUAL HARRASMENT :
UNEQUAL POWER IN THE
WORKPLACE
Bentuk – bentuk pelecehan dalam organisasi :
1. Sentuhan fisik yang tidak diinginkan
2. Mengajak kencan seorang karyawati berkali –
kali tetapi ditolak.
3. Ancaman kehilangan pekerjaan bila menolak
ajakan seksual.
Bentuk pelecehan dalam organisasi dalam bentuk halus :
1. Lelucon yang mesum
2. Memasang gambar porno di tempat kerja
3. Salah penafsiran batas – batas pertemanan yang
mengakibatkan pelecehan seksual
15. Catatan tambahan buat lucu – lucuan aja :
- Konsep kekuasaan menjadi inti timbulnya pelecehan
- Pelecehan berasal dari supervisor, rekan kerja, bahkan bawahan
- Posisi / jabatan seseorang memberi kapasitas untuk memberi
imbalan atau memaksa (rekomendasi penyesuaian gaji dan
promosi dan keputusan mempertahankan karyawan)
- Para supervisor memegang kekuasaan untuk mengendalikan
sumberdaya yang oleh kebanyakan bawahan dianggap penting
dan langka.
- Karena kekuasaan supervisor thdp sumberdaya, banyak / bbrp
mereka yang dilecehkan dan takut berbicara karena kuatir
dibalas supervisor
- Rekan kerja yang tidak punya posisi dapat juga melecehkan
secera seksual teman sekerjanya.
- Wanita yang punya jabatan pun dapat dilecehkan bawahan,
biasanya dari jenis kelamin. Contoh keadaan tidak berdaya,
kepasifan, kurangnya komitmen karir, yang secara negatif
tercermin pada wanita dalam kekuasaan tersebut.
16. Individual Factors :
-High self-monitors
-Internal Locus Of Control
-High Mach
-Organizational Investment
-Perceived Job Alternatives
-Expectations of Success
Organizational Factors
-Reallocation Of Resources
-Promotion Opportunities
-Low Trust
-Role Ambiguity
-Unclear Performance
Political Behavior
Low High
Favorable Outcomes
- Rewards
Cause & Consequences Of Political Behavior
Factors That Influence Political Behavior
Chapter 13 – Power & Politics
22. Job Interview Success
IM does work and most people use it
Self-promotion techniques are important
Ingratiation is of secondary importance
Performance Evaluations
Ingratiation is positively related to ratings
Self-promotion tends to backfire
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Impression Management is a response to political behavior and is defined as the process by which individuals attempt to control the impression others form of them. Some techniques used to manage this impression are conformity, self-promotion, favors, and association.
We know that people have an ongoing interest in how others perceive and evaluate them. Being perceived positively by others should have benefits for people in organizations
The evidence indicates most job applicants use impression management techniques in interviews and that it works. In one study, for instance, interviewers felt applicants for a position as a customer service representative who used IM techniques performed better in the interview, and they seemed somewhat more inclined to hire these people. Moreover, when the researchers considered applicants’ credentials, they concluded it was the IM techniques alone that influenced the interviewers—that is, it didn’t seem to matter whether applicants were well or poorly qualified. If they used IM techniques, they did better in the interview. Some IM techniques work better than others in the interview. Researchers have compared applicants whose IM techniques focused on promoting their accomplishments (called self-promotion) to those who focused on complimenting the interviewer and finding areas of agreement (referred to as ingratiation). In general, applicants appear to use self-promotion more than ingratiation. What’s more, self-promotion tactics may be more important to interviewing success. Applicants who work to create an appearance of competence by enhancing their accomplishments, taking credit for successes, and explaining away failures do better in interviews. These effects reach beyond the interview. Applicants who use more self-promotion tactics also seem to get more follow-up job-site visits, even after adjusting for grade-point average, gender, and job type. Ingratiation also works well in interviews; applicants who compliment the interviewer, agree with his or her opinions, and emphasize areas of fit do better than those who don’t.
In terms of performance ratings, the picture is quite different. Ingratiation is positively related to performance ratings, meaning those who ingratiate with their supervisors get higher performance evaluations. However, self-promotion appears to backfire. Those who self-promote actually seem to receive lower performance evaluations. It appears that individuals high in political skill are able to translate IM into higher performance appraisals, whereas those lower in political skill are more likely to be hurt by their IM attempts. Another study of 760 boards of directors found that individuals who ingratiate themselves to current board members (express agreement with the director, point out shared attitudes and opinions, compliment the director) increase their chances of landing on a board.
Ingratiating always works because everyone, both interviewers and supervisors, likes to be treated nicely. However, self-promotion may work only in interviews and backfire on the job because, whereas the interviewer has little idea whether you’re blowing smoke about your accomplishments, the supervisor knows because it’s his or her job to observe you. Thus, if you’re going to self-promote, remember that what works in an interview won’t always work once you’re on the job.
Is political behavior ethical in the workplace? Well, the answer is probably yes and no. It is difficult to tell ethical from unethical politicking. There are three questions that can help define ethical/unethical political behavior:
What is the utility of engaging in the behavior?
Does the utility balance out any harm done by the action?
Does the action conform to standard of equity and justice?
The answers to these questions can lead you to decide if the behavior is ethical or unethical.
Politicking in the workplace is done around the globe and the perception of politics seems to be consistently negative in most cultures. However, there is a difference between what power tactics are effective and it varies by cultural acceptance and norms. There has not been a lot of research done to determine which tactics are effective in which cultures, so that is an area that is still open to debate.
Politics are a natural part of any organization. As a manager it is important to have a healthy understanding of how politics work and how you will utilize them yourself. The best way to increase your power is to have others depend on you more and need what you are offering. Expert (knowledge) and referent (relationships) power are far more effective than tactics, such as coercion, and lead to better workplace outcomes.
There are benefits to politics in the workplace but when engaged at a very high level, it can be damaging in the long run.