THE INNER CIRCLE: HOW POLITICS AFFECTS THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE.

What is the relationship between the organizational politics and the climate the firm? The main objective of this paper is to identify the kind of organizational politics that affects the most the organizational climate in the shoe manufacturing companies of Jalisco, Mexico. We designed a survey and applied it in 134 companies in this industrial sector. Our focus was in the personal relationships established by the firms, all of them members of the Chamber of the Shoe Manufacturers in Jalisco State. The results of our empirical research indicate that the study of the perception of organizational politics is a topic of major importance and most of the time an overlooked issue in organizational culture and conflict management models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]