Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation : Foundations, Applications and New Directions (Hardcover)

Foreword Stewart Clegg; 1. Introduction Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach, Susanne Blazejewski, Christoph Dorrenbacher and Mike Geppert; Part I. Foundations of Politics, Power and Conflict in MNCs: 2. Theoretical foundations and conceptual definitions Susanne Blazejewski and Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach; 3. The evolution of a politics perspective of the multinational enterprise ? past developments and current applications Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach and Susanne Blazejewski; Part II. Seminal Contributions: 4. Seminal contributions of the rationalistic-managerialist school Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach and Jens Gammelgaard; 5. Seminal contributions of the institutionalist and micropolitics schools Mike Geppert and Karen Williams; 6. Seminal contributions of the critical management school Christoph Dorrenbacher and Joanne Roberts; Part III. Analytical Tools and Applications: 7. Understanding organisational behaviour in MNCs from a micropolitical perspective: a stratified analytical framework Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach and Susanne Blazejewski; 8. Doing research on power and politics in MNCs: a methodological perspective Rebecca Piekkari and Susanne Tietze; Part IV. Reflections and New Directions for Research; 9. Advancing research on political issues in and around MNCs: the role of discursive sensemaking Mike Geppert and Christoph Dorrenbacher; 10. Zooming in on politicking and issue selling tactics as new research directions for the study of micropolitics in MNCs Christoph Dorrenbacher and Jens Gammelgaard; 11. Advancing research on micropolitics in MNCs: an elite perspective Christoph Dorrenbacher and Mike Geppert; 12. Micropolitics in emerging market MNCs as a field of new research Knut G. Lange and Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach; Index.