Includes bibliographical references and index.

All roads lead to well-being: unexpected relationships between organizational politics perceptions, employee engagement, and worker well-being -- Positive politics, negative politics, and engagement: psychological safety, meaningfulness, and availability as "black box" explanatory mechanisms -- Stress, psychological strain, and reduced organizational effectiveness: the destructive consequences of the use of intimidation and pressure by supervisors -- Sensitivity and adaptability in the face of powerlessness: the roles of political will and political skill within the experience of powerlessness and its impact on stress-related outcomes -- Organizational change, uncertainty, and employee stress: sensemaking interpretations of work environments and the experience of politics and stress -- Puppet or puppeteer? the role of resource control in the occupational stress process.

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