Abstract
The determinants of career success have been widely investigated in the extant literature.This paper aims to review the empirical studies on the role of political skill in determining careersuccess. Major data bases like science direct, emerald insight, sage and springer were searchedfor finding out the relevant studies. The findings of each empirical study along with the contextand brief methodological information have been given. Through this review, it was surfaced thatthe underlying mechanisms in the political skill-career success relationship need to be exploredfurther, and the dimensional analysis of political skill should be conducted.
Highlights
Mintzberg termed organizations as political arenas[1] and opened a new window of political perspective to look at organizations and individuals’ interactions with each other in the working environment
FOR FUTURE RESEARCH The existing studies on the impact of political skill on career success rely on signaling theory, social capital theory and social exchange theory
There is a dearth of dimensional and mediational analysis that can add to our comprehension of political skill and its impact on different outcomes like leadership effectiveness and career success
Summary
Mintzberg termed organizations as political arenas[1] and opened a new window of political perspective to look at organizations and individuals’ interactions with each other in the working environment. The moderating role of political skill between network resources and the two career-related outcomes (performance and career growth potential) was confirmed Another theoretical base for explaining the political skill-career success relationship is provided by social exchange theory[23]. Drawing from self-determination and self-concept based theories sun et al,[39] examined the role of political skill in determining subordinate’s promotability in a sample of 330 subordinate-supervisor dyads Their findings revealed that, political skill moderated the supervisory mentoring and promotability relationship directly, but as well as the indirect relationship through organizational based self-esteem and psychological empowerment was moderated. The political skill and career success relationship depends on the individual’s perception about his/her career prospects
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