Qolam abbas Shekary - PHD of Public Administration, Faculty Member, Department of Management, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
Rosa Ziyaei - Postgraduate Student of Public Administration, Department of Management, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

This paper attempts to explain individual‟s political behavior in organizations. It also suggests that as organization theory neglects individual‟s political behavior within organizations, so, individual political behavior in organizational context is explored using three key dimensions of political behaviors: internal-external dimension , vertical-lateral dimension and legitimate-illegitimate dimension. A pattern based on these dimensions is proposed thus concluding that individual‟s practice politicking for a variety of reasons e.g. power, resources, knowledge, authority and securing their positions.

Individual political behavior, Organizational theory, internal-external dimension, vertical-lateral dimension, legitimate-illegitimate dimension