Career success |
Highlights that Political skills significantly correlated with career success. However, there are gaps regarding these differences across cultures, sectors of the economy, hierarchical levels, and groups.
Research moves towards guiding the practice of business management and individuals to improve their political skills in a targeted way in order to
promote their career success.
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(Chen, Jiang, & Wu, 2021Chen, H., Jiang, S., & Wu, M. (2021). How important are political skills for career success? A systematic review and meta-analysis. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1949626 https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.19...
;BLICKLE; OERDER; SUMMERS ( 2010Blickle, G., Oerder, K., & Summers, J. K. (2010). The impact of political skill on career success of employees’ representatives. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77(3), 383-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.00...
; LEE; YUN; KIM ( 2019Lee, K. J., Yun, Y. J., & Kim, E. Y. (2019). Political skills and career success of R&D personnel: a comparative mediation analysis between perceived supervisor support and perceived organisational support. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 31(11), 1270-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2019.1605051 https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2019.16...
; Kaur & Kang, 2022Kaur, N., & Kang, L. S. (2022). Perception of organizational politics, knowledge hiding and organizational citizenship behavior: the moderating effect of political skill. Personnel Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-08-2020-0607 https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-08-2020-0607...
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Job satisfaction |
Organizational politics recurrently provoke significant emotional reactions, which have immediate effects on the level of satisfaction experienced at work. Consequently, job satisfaction represents the most frequently studied attitudinal outcome concerning political perceptions. Even
so, the research field has spaces to fill when considering the PSO and its relation to new
constructs linked to satisfaction.
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WANG; MCCHAMP ( 2019Wang, C. H., & McChamp, M. (2019). Looking at both sides of leader and follower political skill on work outcomes: the mediating role of job satisfaction. Economic research-Ekonomska istraživanja, 32(1), 824-849. https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1585269 https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.15...
; LI; MA 2019Li, Y., & Ma, M. (2019, January). From individual resource to social capital: How political skill and popularity affect work outcomes. In Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Management Engineering, Software Engineering and Service Sciences (pp. 156-163).; GALLAGHER; LAIRD 2008Gallagher, V. C., & Laird, M. D. (2008). The Combined Effect of Political Skill and Political Decision Making on Job Satisfaction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(9), 2336-2360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00394.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008...
; Atshan et al., 2022Atshan, N. A., Al‐Abrrow, H., Abdullah, H. O., Khaw, K. W., Alnoor, A., & Abbas, S. (2022). The effect of perceived organizational politics on responses to job dissatisfaction: the moderating roles of self‐efficacy and political skill. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 41(2), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.22141 https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.22141...
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Social networks |
Political skill directly influences the way employees build and use social networking in the performance of their activities. This relationship, in addition
to being an important source of resources and information, also creates a social identity that encourages a strong sense of belonging and
cohesion among individuals in the organization.
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WEI; CHIANG; WU ( 2012Wei, L. Q., Chiang, F. F., & Wu, L. Z. (2012). Developing and utilizing network resources: Roles of political skill. Journal of Management Studies, 49(2), 381-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00987.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010...
; FANG et al. 2015Fang, R., Chi, L., Chen, M., & Baron, R. A. (2015). Bringing political skill into social networks: Findings from a field study of entrepreneurs. Journal of Management Studies, 52(2), 175-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12107 https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12107...
; Munyon et al., 2021Munyon, T. P., Frieder, R. E., Satornino, C. B., Carnes, A. M., Bolander, W., & Ferris, G. R. (2021). Selling your network: how political skill builds social capital and enhances salesperson performance. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 41(3), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/08853134.2020.1866589 https://doi.org/10.1080/08853134.2020.18...
; Jiang et al., 2022Jiang, H., Wang, Z., Gao, S., Chen, K., & Sheng, F. (2022). Enhancing technology innovation performance through alliance capability: The role of standard alliance network and political skill of TMTs. Frontiers in Psychology, 6180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1008857 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.10088...
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