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标题：Political Will, Political Skill, Network Resources and Personal Reputation: A Serial Two-Mediator Model
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作者：Orkun Demirbağ ; Hale Cide Demir ; Uğur Yozgat 等
期刊名称：Management and Business Administration. Central Europe
印刷版ISSN：2084-3356
出版年度：2020
卷号：28
期号：3
页码：26-56
DOI：10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.26
语种：English
出版社：Kozminski University
摘要：Purpose: Although social capital and positive reputation in organizations are essential for career success, there is a limited perspective in the literature on the political characteristics (motivation and ability) that enable one to acquire and develop the two elements. This study seeks to investigate the sequential role of political skill and network resources as serial mediators of the political will–personal reputation relationship. Methodology: In total, what provided data for the study were 457 sales executives from 13 different sectors in the cities of İstanbul, Kocaeli, and Bursa, which is an economically leading region of western Turkey. Executives rated their political will, political skill network resources, and personal reputation. Based on the complementary theories of political inﬂuence, social network, and signaling, we analyzed the relationships between constructs with structural equation modeling. Findings: Political skill mediated the relationship between political will and network resources, network resources mediated the relationship between political skill and personal reputation, while political skill and network resources sequentially mediated the relationship between political will and personal reputation. Implications: The data were collected from a single source. Practical Implications: Political will, political skill training, and social networks may help individuals manage their personal reputation at work, thus benefting their careers. Originality/Value: This is one of the frst studies to sequentially investigate how individuals’ characteristics (motivation and ability) develop their social network and personal reputation at work. Moreover, theories of political inﬂuence, social capital, and signaling were jointly used for the frst time ever.
关键词：political will;political skill;network resources;personal reputation