Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress

• Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being:The Role of Power, Politics, and Influence in Occupational Stress and Well-Being Overview; Pamela L. Perrewé and Christopher C. Rosen All Roads Lead to Well-Being: Unexpected Relationships Between Organizational Politics Perceptions, Employee Engagement, and Worker Well-Being; Zinta S. Byrne, Steven G. Manning, James W. Weston, and Wayne A. Hochwarter Positive Politics, Negative Politics and Engagement: Psychological Safety, Meaningfulness and Availability as “Black Box” Explanatory Mechanisms; Erin M. Landells and Simon L. Albrecht Stress, Psychological Strain, and Reduced Organizational Effectiveness: The Destructive Consequences of the use of Intimidation and Pressure by Supervisors; Gailit Meisler, Eran Vigoda-Gadot, and Amos Drory 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; Darren C. Treadway, Emily D. Campion, and Lisa V. Williams Organizational Change, Uncertainty, and Employee Stress: Sensemaking Interpretations of Work Environments and the Experience of Politics and Stress; Kaitlyn DeGhetto, Zachary A. Russell, and Gerald R. Ferris Puppet or Puppeteer? The Role of Resource Control in the Occupational Stress Process; Paul E. Spector

Psychology, management, and other researchers from the US, Australia, and Israel offer six essays on the role of power, politics, and influence in occupational stress and well-being. They consider the negative and positive aspects of organizational politics, including how they are perceived as challenge and hindrance stressors that affect employee outcomes through their influence on the social environment; associations between positive and negative politics and employee engagement, particularly how psychological safety, availability, and meaningfulness explain perceptions of politics and engagement; the negative implications of the use of intimidation and pressure by supervisors; the concept of objective and subjective powerlessness and impacts on psychological, physical, and behavioral responses; organizational politics within the context of large-scale organizational change initiatives; and how the control and strategic management of resources plays a role in the occupational stress process.