Organizational politics is an important determinant in the pay systems based on performance evaluation as both supervisors and subordinates have a possibility to affect the results of the appraisal process. Sometimes supervisors might be tempted to manipulate ratings in order to influence the behavior of their subordinates or even to affect their own position in the organization. The main chara...

In this paper, the constructive nature of comparison processes (both similarity- and difference-oriented judgments) is examined through their effects on visual perception. Previous research has shown that comparison processes enhance the tendency to interpret ambiguous objects in the light of the unambiguous objects with which they are compared (Medin, Goldstone, & Gentner, 1993). In the presen...

Emotions affect politics. So does strategic behavior. But studies of how emotions affect politics tend not to account for strategic behavior -and vice versa. Such practices limit our understanding of emotions’ political relevance. We pursue a constructive integration. Using a formal model, we identify conditions under which a strategic political leader will use fear to induce citizens to suppor...

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