Ideally, educational institutions are considered saintly spaces invested with the social and national responsibilities of administering learning, growth and ethical nurturing. Teachers, being nation builders, are regarded as the role models, administrators as visionaries and the system itself as the guarantor of social change. But ask any educator with his anonymity guaranteed; the dystopian reality will shock you. You will find every educational institution infested with a complex, toxic and menacing vector often ignored like an elephant in the room: workplace politics.

The idea of workplace politics (WP) acting actively in the workings of educational institutions seems quite out of place. One thing, however, is undeniable: WP breaks into the functionality of an institution when the division of duties is not fair and transparent, when the head of the institution behaves like his highness surrounded by sycophants, or when teachers shirk the diligence required by their duty as teachers.

Let's see how WP works in educational institutions. Grouping........

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