Political Games in Universities: A Case Study

Abstract

AbstractPower has a great importance in organization life, which has intense social relations. People working organizations might play various political games in order to get power or maintain the control they have over other people. The purpose of this study is to elicit political games that academicians play in universities. In this study data were collected through semi structured interview method and analysed with descriptive and content analysis. One of the results is that academicians working in universities challenge to formal authorities from time to time. Especially they react to the authorities when the problem is about their rights and duties..