Po Department of Defense a ARTICLE INFO ABST Politic action to use a way organiz influen at work Copyright © 2015 Dr. Vijay S. Khare. This is an open a distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided INTRODUCTION Politics is a fact of life in organization. Peop fact of life do so at their own peril. organization is made up of individuals different values, goals and interests and polit in organizations when people get together will be exerted. People want to carve out a they influence to earn rewards and o adva When employees in an organization conver action as described them as being engaged with good political skills have the ability to power effectively and political skills mea influence others in such a way as to enhanc Resources in organizations are limited w potential conflict into real conflict. If th abundant, then all the various constitue organization could satisfy their goals. But th every one’s interests can be provided for. Fur true or not, gains by one individual or perceived as being at the expense of others w These forces create competition among organization’s limited resources which help political behavior. Political Behavior is pre politically defined as activities that are not person’s formal role in the organization distribution of advantages and disadvan organizations. Political Behavior is ones specified requirements. There are two dime Behavior: *Corresponding author: Dr. Vijay S. Khare, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Sa University, Pune, India. ISSN: 0975-833X Article History: Received 27 th February, 2015 Received in revised form 05 th March, 2015 Accepted 20 th April, 2015 Published online 31 st May, 2015 Key words: Political Behaviour, Legitimate Political Behavior, Illegitimate Political Behavior. REVIEW ARTICLE olitical Behavior: At work place *Dr. Vijay S. Khare and Strategic Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune Un TRACT cs is a fact of life in organization. When employees in an or as described them as being engaged in politics. Those with their bases of power effectively and political skills means th as to enhance one’s objective. According to various rese zations to displace legimate power due to problems or gap nces need not satisfied within these systems. This paper foc kplace and what are the impacts of it on work efficiency. access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution the original work is properly cited. ple who ignore this Each and every and groups with tics is a fact of life in groups, power riche, from which ance their careers. rt their power into in politics. Those o use their bases of ans the ability to ce one’s objective. which often turns he resources were encies within the hey are limited, not rthermore, whether r group are often within organization. members for the ps to increase the esent at workplace required as part of but influence the ntages within the s outside job of ensions in Political avitribai Phule Pune Legitimate Political Behavior It refers to normal everyday p supervisor by passing the coalitions, obstructing organi through in action or exces developing contacts outside t professional activities. Illegitimate Political Behavior It refers to the implied rules o include sabotage, whistle-blo unorthodox dress or protest bu simultaneously, calling him s organizational political actions reasons are pragmatic. The political behavior pose a very r membership or extreme actions then fall short in having eno work. Why political behavior arises According to various research organizations to displace legim gaps in other systems of infl satisfied within these systems. to discretion in work and un exploit that discretion. Factors contributing political Not all groups or organization organizations politicking is ove Available online at http://www.journalcra.com International Journal of Current Research Vol. 7, Issue, 05, pp.16308-16310, May, 2015 I niversity, Pune rganization convert their power into good political skills have the ability he ability to influence others in such searches political behavior arises in ps in other systems of influence and cus on how political behaviour arises License, which permits unrestricted use, r politics i.e. complaining to your chain of command forming izational politics or Decisions ssive adherence to rules and the organization through one’s r of a game. Illegitimate activities owing and symbolic wearing uttons and groups of employees sick. The vast majority of all s are the legitimate variety, the extreme illegitimate forms of real risk of loss of organizational s against those who use them and ough power to ensure that they s hes political behavior arises in mate power due to problems or luence and influences need not The problems or gaps gives rise nsatisfied needs stand ready to l behavior ns are equally political. In some er while in other politics it plays INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH