scholarly journals Promoting career growth potential: political skill, the acquisition of social resources and ingratiation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Hataya Sibunruang ◽  
Norifumi Kawai
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Developmental Feedback ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Mediating Mechanisms ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract Informed by social resources theory, we provide an explanation for how political skill enables employees' access to social resources, notably expressive network resources and developmental feedback granted by supervisors, thereby enhancing their potential for career growth. Employees can further leverage the attained resources to maximize their chances for career growth by exercising ingratiation toward their supervisors. Data from 399 independently matched subordinate-supervisor dyads in Japan partially support our predictions. While supervisor-focused expressive network resources and supervisor developmental feedback account for mediating mechanisms through which political skill could predict career growth potential, the use of ingratiation to further leverage these social resources is rather deemed insignificant. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Network resource mobilisation limitations and the alliance portfolio network

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Bolivar ◽  
Ignacio Castro-Abancéns ◽  
Cristóbal Casanueva ◽  
Angeles Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Network Resource ◽  
Alliance Portfolio ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Parameters ◽  
Resource Mobilisation ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how access and mobilisation of network resources influence a firm's performance. It has been established that alliance portfolio (AP) network parameters shape the access to network resources; however, resource access understood as value creation differs from resource mobilisation understood as value capture. Hence, the paper contributes towards the comprehension of AP performance by examining the extent to which a firm's level of network resource mobilisation (NRM) plays a role in improving financial performance and how this strategy conditions the benefits obtained from a firm's AP.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs an interorganisational network approach to describe the APs of firms; subsequently, it examines how AP network parameters and resource mobilisation determine financial performance. To this end, sequential multiple regression models are applied to a sample from the Top International Airlines database, covering 135 portfolios that correspond to 1117 codeshare partnerships.FindingsThe analyses show that the NRM level has an inverted U-shaped relationship with revenue performance, thereby revealing the limitations and considerations in the strategic alliance strategy. In addition, the authors show how the resource mobilisation decision moderates the faculty of AP parameters to influence a firm's financial performance, thereby exposing the nuanced relationship between AP size, diversity and redundancy. The findings convey strategic and practical implications for managers regarding how to capture value from their APs.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest the need for NRM to form part of a firm's AP management capability, so that, by acquiring superior strategic knowledge in NRM, the firm is able to extract value from its AP through the optimal exploitation of complementary assets.Originality/valuePrevious research has highlighted the multidimensional nature of APs at the theoretical level; however, no simultaneous empirical analysis of various AP parameters has yet been produced. The research empirically analyses an AP network and how its parameters affect financial performance in the presence of a resource mobilisation strategy. Not only do the authors introduce the analysis of the curvilinear relationship between the level of NRM and a firm's performance, but also of its role in advancing the AP literature.

scholarly journals Proactive Personality as a Predictor of Career Adaptability and Career Growth Potential: A View From Conservation of Resources Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Wang ◽  
Mei Mei ◽  
Yang Xie ◽  
Yiting Zhao ◽  
Fu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Friend Support ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Individualized Consideration

In the present study, we offered a new account for the development of career adaptability and the realization of career growth potential based on conservation of resources (COR) theory. Using data collected from 903 university students in China, we examined how and when proactive personality influences students’ career adaptability and career growth potential by introducing emotional exhaustion as a mediator as well as friend support and teacher individualized consideration as boundary conditions. Specifically, the results confirmed a positive effect of proactive personality on career adaptability, with this relationship mediated by emotional exhaustion. In addition, results suggested a positive effect of proactive personality on career growth potential, with this relationship mediated by emotional exhaustion and career adaptability. Moreover, results showed that in-school social support (i.e., friend support and teacher individualized consideration) served as moderators in the relationship between proactive personality and emotional exhaustion, such that the negative effect of proactive personality on emotional exhaustion was strengthened when students received high levels of social support. Theoretical implications of career adaptability research and COR theory and practical implications for promoting adaptability resources and career growth in university are provided.

The use of political skill in organizational change

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-763
Author(s):  
David P. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Negative Connotation

PurposeThis article explores how recognizing politics may help change agents have better success enacting change.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual paper using systems and practical domains to define a more sophisticated and useful definition of politics for change agents' use.FindingsThe article argues that there is an innate correlation between organizational change and organizational politics.Research limitations/implicationsThis article is a call to action for future empirical study on political skill.Practical implicationsThis paper is a practical invitation for change agents to recognize and adopt the positive aspects of political skill to aid in their efforts.Originality/valueThough organizational politics traditionally receives a negative connotation, there is growing research supporting the positive use of politics. This connection has yet to be fully discovered when one reads the literature. This concept paper is an invitation to begin further study.

Operational efficiency evaluation of restaurant firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1959-1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Alberca ◽  
Laura Parte
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Variables ◽  
Production Technologies ◽  
Restaurant Firms ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the operational efficiency of restaurants in a dynamic context, over the period 2011-2014. The paper also analyzes efficiency with respect to several frontiers and production technologies dependent on restaurant size. Finally, it provides a new perspective by examining financial and non-financial variables that can directly affect the efficiency of restaurant firms. Design/methodology/approach The study applies metafrontier data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology to investigate differences in production technologies, dynamic Tobit regression models and bootstrap procedure. Findings The results reveal that operational efficiency in the restaurant industry is affected by firm size, showing that large restaurants perform better than medium-sized and small restaurants Moreover, the evidence suggests a link between the efficiency index and financial variables, such as credit ratings, probability of default or bankruptcy, leverage and cash flow, as well as a link with non-financial variables, such as type of auditor. Practical implications The strength of restaurant firms has practical implications for managers and entrepreneurs, linked to the investment possibilities and growth potential of companies in that industry. Originality/value This study provides exploratory insights into operational efficiency as well as restaurant efficiency determinants. Performance and operational efficiency are key factors to restaurant firms’ survival in the economies that have been most severely affected by the financial crisis. Furthermore, this study confirms the relevance of financial and non-financial variables, which are associated with firm efficiency in this industry.

Impact of employee's political skill on abusive supervision: does gender matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fizza Rizvi ◽  
Akbar Azam
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Abusive Behavior ◽  
Ideal Situation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to investigate if employees possessing good political skill face less abusive behavior from their supervisors. Moreover, the gender of the subordinate has been tested as a moderator between political skill and abusive supervision. Cultural and social factors prevailing in the research settings of Pakistan provide an ideal situation to test the relationship between political skill and abusive supervision.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 178 employees representing different sectors of Pakistani industry. To test the relationship between political skill and abusive supervision, simple linear regression was run and moderation was tested using PROCESS macro.FindingsFrom the analysis, the major findings prove that political skill lessens abusive supervision. Moreover, due to the cultural settings, male subordinates use political skill more proficiently to avoid abusive supervision as compared to female subordinates.Practical implicationsThe study suggests that in order to maintain harmony in the work environment, employees must learn political skill to avoid abusive supervision. Moreover, females must be given more chances to utilize their political skill to get positive outcomes.Originality/valueThis study fills up a significant gap in the literature, as there is scarce literature available that investigates the relationship between political skill and abusive supervision, specifically in Pakistan.

Political Skill in Organizations

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald R. Ferris ◽  
Darren C. Treadway ◽  
Pamela L. Perrewé ◽  
Robyn L. Brouer ◽  
Ceasar Douglas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Practical Implications

Political skill is a construct that was introduced more than two decades ago as a necessary competency to possess to be effective in organizations. Unfortunately, despite appeals by organizational scientists to further develop this construct, it lay dormant until very recently. The present article defines and characterizes the construct domain of political skill and embeds it in a cognition—affect—behavior, multilevel, meta-theoretical framework that proposes how political skill operates to exercise effects on both self and others in organizations. Implications of this conceptualization are discussed, as are directions for future research and practical implications.

The effect of servant leadership on employee turnover in SMEs in Nigeria: the role of career growth potential and employee voice

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-904
Author(s):  
Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah ◽  
Kabiru Oyetuunde
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Servant Leaders ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Career Growth

PurposeEmployee turnover has been established as a major cause of the abysmal performance of SMEs in Nigeria. Hence, the study explored the role of servant leadership and the work climate created by the leader in the reduction of employee turnover in SMEs.Design/methodology/approachThe study involved 1,000 participants drawn from 200 SMEs in the city of Lagos. Cross-sectional data was acquired through questionnaire designed in such a way as to minimise common method variance.FindingsResults indicate that servant leadership reduced employee turnover, and that employee voice and the career growth dimensions partially mediated this relationship. The study variables explained 59% of the variance in employee turnover.Practical implicationsThe paper highlights that SMEs leaders who adopt servant leadership behaviour can reduce employee turnover directly and through the positive work environment they create. SMEs leaders must not only be servant leaders but must ensure that the entire organisation is managed by servant leaders. They achieve this through recruitment and promotion process.Originality/valuePast studies in Nigeria were in the area of government intervention and the effects of turnover on the productivity of SMEs. This appears to be the only paper that studied the effects of leadership on employee turnover in SMEs in Nigeria. This study advances research by studying the effect of servant leadership and the work environment created by leaders on employee turnover. Thus, the study advances past studies by suggesting possible ways to reduce employee turnover and enhancing the needed productivity of SMEs in Nigeria.

Exploring psychological contract contents in India: the employee and employer perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Upasana Aggarwal ◽  
Shivganesh Bhargava
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Employer Perspective ◽  
Asian Economy ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper aims to examine psychological contract contents, as perceived by two parties of the employment relationship, the employee and the employer.Design/methodology/approachThe study is conducted in two phases. Study 1 employs critical incidence technique (CIT) to elicit from individuals their perceptions regarding organization obligations. Study 2 is designed to corroborate the findings of the first study through a survey of 401 employees and 66 employer representatives (functional heads).FindingsThe results of the two studies are consonant with existing literature; nevertheless the role of culture on psychological contract contents is visible. The study reveals variation in employee and employer perspective regarding organizational obligations.Practical implicationsIn India, recruiters need to go far beyond the discussions on compensation and focus on building relational aspects of job such as the job content avenues for career growth as well as creating a supportive work culture.Originality/valueThe study contributes to existing literature by examining content of psychological contract, a relatively neglected area of research in a fast growing Asian economy, India.

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