Convenience

References:
“African Americans Lose Ground on Fortune
500 Boards,”
Savoy
, January 1, 2014; Marc H. Morial,
“National Urban League Trains African Americans for Corpo-
rate Boards,”
Philadelphia Tribune
, January 1, 2014; “Results
of Menendez’s Major
Fortune 500
Diversity Survey: Repre-
sentation of Women and Minorities on Corporate Boards
Still Lags Far Behind National Population,” August 4, 2010,
Senator Robert Menendez’s website (press release),
www.menendez.senate.gov, accessed on January 1, 2014.
LEADING THE WAY (Continued)
political behavior
The activities carried
out for the specific
purpose of acquiring,
developing, and
using power and
other resources to
obtain one’s
preferred outcomes
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Leading
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Although political behavior is difficult to study because of its sensitive nature, one
early survey found that many managers believed that politics influenced salary and
hiring decisions in their firm. Many also believed that the incidence of political behavior
was greater at the upper levels of their organization and lesser at the lower levels. More
than half of the respondents felt that organizational politics were bad, unfair, unhealthy,
and irrational, but most suggested that successful executives have to be good politicians
and be political to get ahead.
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