I am Autistic and a paper that I am working on involves a “political mindset” to solve a problem. I am seeing ways to survive office politics but I am not sure ultimately what it is. Please help.
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Office politics is an extension of a societal norm where being likeable, doing favors, and appealing to other people’s pride can result in more favorable conditions for yourself (promotion, better pay, leadership opportunities). Think of “politics” in the office as people adapting their personalities for what best fits their own interests instead of that of the team. Office politics usually involve a person, or group of close people that work to benefit themselves by developing strong relationships and working knowledge with the office culture/company business. It has a negative connotation because a lot of times relationships in the office can come across as ungenuine because people are only being nice and offering to help to benefit themselves. Sometimes the office politics can go as far deliberate sabotage of other teams in order to make your own team look better or more favorable to upper management.
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