TY - JOUR
T1 - Are you willing and able? Roles of motivation, power, and politics in career growth
AU - Liu, Yongmei
AU - Liu, Jun
AU - Wu, Longzeng
N1 - This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project code: 70802060). We would like to thank the editor, three anonymous reviewers, Jerry Ferris, Pam Perrewé, and Darren Treadway for insightful comments on an earlier version of this article.
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© The Author(s) 2010
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - A comprehensive model of political behavior and its influence on career growth was presented and tested via a Chinese sample of 283 employee-supervisor dyads. Need for achievement and need for power were found to be positively related to political behavior, and perceptions of organizational politics strengthened the relationship between these personal needs and political behavior. Furthermore, for individuals high in political skill, increases in political behavior were associated with greater career growth potential rated by supervisors, whereas for individuals low in political skill, increases in political behavior were associated with lower ratings of career growth potential. Personal power mediated the moderated relationships among political behavior, political skill, and career growth potential ratings. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
AB - A comprehensive model of political behavior and its influence on career growth was presented and tested via a Chinese sample of 283 employee-supervisor dyads. Need for achievement and need for power were found to be positively related to political behavior, and perceptions of organizational politics strengthened the relationship between these personal needs and political behavior. Furthermore, for individuals high in political skill, increases in political behavior were associated with greater career growth potential rated by supervisors, whereas for individuals low in political skill, increases in political behavior were associated with lower ratings of career growth potential. Personal power mediated the moderated relationships among political behavior, political skill, and career growth potential ratings. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
KW - career growth potential
KW - need for achievement
KW - need for power
KW - political behavior
KW - political skill
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U2 - 10.1177/0149206309359810
DO - 10.1177/0149206309359810
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:77957653676
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 36
SP - 1432
EP - 1460
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 6
ER -
