şener, emine ahi evran üniversitesi - iktisadi ve idari bilimler fakültesi - işletme bölümü, Turkey , çetinkaya, f. ferhat ahi evran üniversitesi - iktisadi ve idari bilimler fakültesi - işletme bölümü, TURKEY

POWER ADDICTION: A CONCEPT ANALYSIS

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In this study, a less emphasized issue in the literature of organizational behaviour, the concept of “power addiction” which arises as a result of power boosting efforts among the members of an organization has been analyzed. Throughout the study,of power has been regarded as a kind of addictive element from the point of view that the members of an organization exhibit certain behaviours to obtain, maintain and sustain it. For this reason, the purpose of the study has been to reveal the preparatory and defining features of power addiction as well as its consequences. Taking McCleland’s motivation theory as a basis, the study has also aimed to provide a new perspective for the concept of power addiction, which is often tried to be explained through political behaviour in organisations. The picture that occurs as a result of perceiving power, which is considered as one of the needs that motivate people, beyond its normal limits (power addiction) has been interpreted through Walker and Avant’s concept analysis method.

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Power Addiction , Power Needs , Organizational Behaviour , McCleland s Motivation Theory. Organizational Metaphor.

Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Economics an‎d Administrative Sciences

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