Linking Subordinate Political Skill to Supervisor Dependence and Reward Recommendations: A Moderated Mediation Model

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shi, Junqi; Johnson, Russell E.; Liu, Yihao; Wang, Mo
• 署名单位: Sun Yat Sen University; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Peking University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0031129
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 374-384
• 关键词: POLITICAL SKILL; Political behavior; interaction frequency; dependence; reward recommendation

摘要

In this study, we examined the relations of subordinate political skill with supervisor's dependence on the subordinate and supervisor reward recommendation, as well as mediating (interaction frequency with supervisor) and moderating (supervisor political behavior) variables of these relations. Our theoretical model was tested using data collected from employees in a company that specialized in construction management. Analyses of multisource and lagged data from 53 construction management team supervisors and 296 subordinates indicated that subordinate political skill was positively related to supervisor reward recommendation via subordinate's interaction frequency with supervisor. Although interaction frequency with a supervisor was also positively related to the supervisor's dependence on the subordinate, the indirect effect of subordinate political skill on dependence was not significant. Further, both the relationship between subordinate political skill and interaction frequency with a supervisor and the indirect relationships between subordinate political skill and supervisor reward recommendation were stronger when supervisors exhibited more political behavior.