The shadow dance of political climate: Engagement in political behavior in local government authorities |
| |
Authors: | Hedva Vinarski-Peretz Aviv Kidron |
| |
Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science and Department of Health System Management, The Academic Yezreel Valley College, Yezreel Valley, 19300, Israel;2. Department of Human Services, The Academic Yezreel Valley College, Yezreel Valley, 19300, Israel |
| |
Abstract: | In describing the processes of organizations as political acts, we are not making a moral judgment; we simply are making an observation about a process. Bacharach and Lawler, 1980, p. 2.This study focuses on the ways a perceived political climate influences engagement in political behavior during a national election period. By using social cognitive theory as a way to predict behavior in organizations, we study how managers' engagement in political behavior is shaped. A qualitative research methodology was used. Sixteen interviews with managers were conducted in various local authorities during the 2015 election campaign for Israel's parliament. Participants perceived an intensification of political climate during the pre-election period, which they attributed to a significant connection between electoral and intraorganizational politics. Additionally, a perceived organizational political climate intensifies engagement in a range of political behaviors throughout an organization and is connected with an administrative role. The findings suggest that managers use “political capital” that the election period provides to influence and manipulate their organization's future and their own. |
| |
Keywords: | Organizational political climate Political behavior National electoral politics Local government authorities Qualitative research |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|