Are You Willing and Able? Roles of Motivation, Power, and Politics in Career Growth
基于283对员工-主管配对数据，研究发现成就需求和权力需求驱动政治行为，而组织政治感知会强化这一关系；政治技能高的人通过政治行为获得更高职业成长评价，低技能者则适得其反。
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.