Office Politics and Backstabbing: An Impact on Employees Performance

Author: Nidhi Singhal, Princi Gupta

Abstract:
It is a fact that backstabbing is dangerous because in some situations we may lose a good career development opportunity or even it ruined our career in that particular organization. So, we firmly believe that one need to prepare a strategy to deal with politics and backstabbing by applying a blanket protection strategy in advance. If we are developing a career in a corporate environment, the question is not if will experience office politics and backstabbing attempts. It is just a matter of when this will happen. This paper explores together how to best defend ourself against office politics and backstabbing.

Keywords:Professionalism, Trust, Corporate Environment, Backstabbing, Politics, Stress, Goals, Friendship, Career Opportunity.

DOI:

International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 5 Issue:1)