Workplace politics involves processes and behaviors in human interactions that include power and authority.[1][better source needed] It serves as a tool to assess operational capacity and balance diverse views of interested parties.[citation needed] Also known as office politics and organizational politics, it involves the use of power and social networking within a workplace to achieve changes that benefit individuals within it.[citation needed] According to Michael Aamodt, "Organizational politics are self-serving behaviors that employees use to increase the probability of obtaining positive outcomes in organizations".[2] Influence by individuals may serve personal interests without regard to their effect on the organization.[3] Personal advantages may include access to tangible assets or intangible benefits such as status and pseudo-authority that influences others.
Organizational politics and leadership are deeply linked. Organizational politics, on the other hand, is the process and behavior in human interactions involving power and authority.
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Organizational politics are self-serving behaviors employees use to increase the probability of obtaining positive outcomes in organizations.