How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? 
Subtitle: And Other Meditations on Management
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: August 3, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780787947873
Subjects: Management & management techniques; Organizational learning; Leadership; Leadership In Business; Organization Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Organizational behavior; Business/Economics; Business Life - Inspirational; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / Leadership; Business & Economics : Business Life - Inspirational; Business & Economics : Entrepreneurship; Management - General; Communication in organizations
First sentence: Backstabbing-defined as "an attempt to discredit by underhanded means, such as innuendo, accusation or the like"-seems to be prevalent in all kinds of organizations, including families, churches, businesses, governmental agencies, academic institutions, and voluntary associations.