Book chapter
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
Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress, pp.81-103
Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being, Emerald Group Publishing
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-355520170000015001
Abstract
In a world that glorifies power, the lives of the powerless serve as context for testimonies of salvation that in their pretentiousness more often reinforce the reputation and self-esteem of the powerful hero than transform the lives of the oppressed. Whereas these types of popular human-interest stories may raise awareness of the conditions surrounding the powerless, they do little more than advance the notion that these individuals are without hope and must rely solely on the generosity, resources, and leadership of the powerful populations by which they are exploited. We seek to offer a contrasting perspective in this chapter. That is, we present a framework that challenges messianic notions of leaders of ineffectual populations and presses forth with the idea that powerlessness is a more common condition than feeling powerful and that only the powerless can alter their destiny.
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- Title: Subtitle
- 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
- Creators
- Darren C. Treadway - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkEmily D. Campion - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkLisa V. Williams - Niagara University
- Contributors
- C C Rosen (Editor)P L Perrewe (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Power, Politics, and Political Skill in Job Stress, pp.81-103
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; BINGLEY
- Series
- Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being
- DOI
- 10.1108/S1479-355520170000015001
- ISSN
- 1479-3555
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380409202771
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