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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2015.15.09.527

Effect of Proactive Personality on the Upward Influence: Focusing on Mediating Effect of Political Skill  

Kang, Kyung-Goo (제주특별자치도개발공사 정보혁신팀)
Kim, Jung-Hoon (제주대학교 경영학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.15, no.9, 2015 , pp. 527-540 More about this Journal
Abstract
The current study empirically tests the mediating effects of political skills on the relationship between proactive personality and upward influence. In this study, we attempted to mitigate common method bias by collecting data from two sources. 275 pairs of returned questionnaires were utilized to verify the hypotheses. According to the hierarchical regression, proactive personality and 4 political skills have impact on upward influence positively. proactive personality was positively related to political skills. In addition social astuteness, interpersonal influence and apparent sincerity mediate relationship between proactive personality and upward influence. but networking ability does not have mediating effect. Based on these results, implications and limitations of this study arediscussed and future research direction are suggested.
Keywords
Proactive Personality; Upward Influence; Political Skill;
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