Political skill, supervisor-subordinate guanxi and career prospects in Chinese firms

Liqun Wei; Jun Liu; Yuan-Yi Chen; Long-Zeng Wu

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00871.x

Political skill, supervisor-subordinate guanxi and career prospects in Chinese firms

Liqun Wei, Jun Liu^*, Yuan-Yi Chen, Long-Zeng Wu

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Abstract

The role of political skill was examined in the dynamics of supervisor-subordinate relationship in Chinese firms. Data from a survey of 343 employees, their 343 direct supervisors, and 662 of their peers were applied to test a model proposing that Chinese subordinates employ political skill to influence their guanxi with their supervisors, and so promote their career development. We found that supervisor-subordinate guanxi mediated the relationship between political skill and career development of the subordinates. Implications of the findings were discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-454
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Management Studies
Volume	47
Issue number	3
Early online date	8 Mar 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00871.x
Publication status	Published - May 2010

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