Political Skill Research Articles

How to Make a Zaydi Iman


 
 
 This article examines the Zaydi doctrine of the imamate through an analysis of historical depictions of the 169/786 revolt of Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī at Fakhkh by three different authors: Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Rāzī (d. late third/ninth century), al-Nāṭiq Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn (d. 424/1033), and ʿAlī b. Bilāl al-Āmulī (d. fifth/eleventh century). The classical model of the Zaydi imamate holds that a descendant of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (through either Ḥasan or Ḥusayn) with the proper qualities becomes Imam by summoning supporters (daʿwa), administering the oath of allegiance (bayʿa), and rising up in rebellion (khurūj) against a tyrant. This article investigates the relative importance of these components in historical accounts composed after the establishment of Zaydi political power in Yemen and the Caspian region. It argues that the emergence of dynastic rule may have lessened the importance of rebellion while elevating a candidate’s exemplary personal qualities and political skill. This change is potentially embedded in narrative differences between the three sources.
 
 

When HRM meets politics: Interactive effects of high‐performance work systems, organizational politics, and political skill on job performance

AbstractRecently, scholars in strategic human resource management have attended to internal dynamics that give rise to variability within organizations. Given that workplace politics is an inherent and inevitable part of organizational life, this study investigates the interplay of organizational politics (OP) and an individual's political skill (PS) in shaping the relationship between high‐performance work systems (HPWS) and employees' performance behaviors. Utilizing multilevel, multisource data collected in two phases from 187 employees nested within 47 workgroups, we explore cross‐level three‐way interaction effects involving group‐level HPWS, OP, and individual‐level PS on task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors. The results reveal that the positive impact of HPWS is more pronounced among individuals with strong PS when OP is low. Conversely, in high OP environments, the HPWS–performance relationship becomes negative for those with poor PS, while individuals with strong PS continue to exhibit positive outcomes. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the intricate and nuanced nature of the HPWS–performance relationship.

Pendidikan Politik Bung Karno Untuk Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk Sebagai Penggerak Pemilih Pemula Dalam Pemilu 2024

Political education really needs to be transmitted to members of youth organizations so that they have good political skills. Bung Karno was a proclaimer, explorer of Pancasila and the first president of Indonesia who had visionary political views. The Community Service Team of the History Education Study Program, Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri would like to provide Bung Karno's Political Education for the Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk as a Motivator of New Voters in the 2024 General Election. This service aims to: (1) Increase political understanding of the Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk youth organization, and (2) Increasing insight into Bung Karno's thinking in the Indonesian Centric political movement. The methods used in service activities are lecture and demonstration methods. The lecture method is to convey the principles of Political Education, Bung Karno's thoughts, and current political conditions and ideal politics, while the demonstration method is to provide participants with the opportunity to practice speaking to put into practice the political knowledge that has been gained through discussion and question and answer. Based on the mentoring activities carried out, out of 30 participants, the results were that 27 participants were very satisfied with this activity and were able to complete the task well. The other 3 participants had technical problems. So it can be concluded that this service activity was successful.

Political Skill: It's Not a Dirty Word.

Political Skill: It's Not a Dirty Word.

The Need for Status, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Overall Evaluation: Focusing on the Moderating Effects of Political Skill and Task Visibility.

Drawing on the costly signaling theory (CST), this study examined the need for status as a hidden motive to increase organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and result in the focal employee's overall evaluation. Moreover, as the activating cues, this study considered political skill as an individual characteristic and task visibility as a situational factor in the relationship between the need for status, OCB, and overall evaluation. To test these predictions, we obtained and analyzed 299 questionnaire responses from pairs of subordinates and supervisors in various South Korean industries. The analytical results supported our hypotheses that the need for status increased OCB, resulting in high performance appraisal. Moreover, task visibility positively moderated the relationship between the need for status and overall evaluation, which was mediated by OCB. However, political skill exhibited a negative moderation effect on this mediation process. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications, and they also highlight directions for future research.

Employees high in political skill viewed as role model or gossip target? Linking political skill to coworker envy, observational learning and negative gossip, and the moderating role of workplace friendship

AbstractThe effects of political skill on the actors themselves have been extensively studied, yet there has been a lack of comprehensive analysis regarding its influence on the reactions of coworkers. Drawing upon social comparison theory, we developed and tested a model to explore potential reactions from coworkers toward employees high in political skill. We theorized that employees high in political skill hold a more prominent status within the team, which in turn exposes them to being the target of coworker envy, and ultimately coworker different reactions (observational learning and negative gossip). We also hypothesized that the serial‐mediated relationships are moderated by workplace friendship. Using time‐lagged data from 830 dyad of 350 employees in 107 teams, our results supported that political skill was positively and indirectly related to coworker envy, via relative leader‐member exchange (RLMX). Furthermore, the results of our study supported the positive and indirect effect of political skill on observational learning and negative gossip via RLMX and coworker envy. Workplace friendship has a moderating effect on the relationship between coworker envy and observational learning/negative gossip, and between political skill and observational learning/negative gossip. This research provides an explanation of when and why coworkers engage in observational learning or negative gossip about employees high in political skill, contributing to a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of the management practices related to political skill guidance.

Management and Re-tooling of Community Service Learning -A Competency-Based Curriculum Strategy for the Realization of Sustainable Development for Developing Nations

Ingrained in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is Community Service Learning (CSL), an instructional strategy where students are expected to actively address genuine societal challenges. This way, learning is made relevant and at the same time enhances students’ moral, social, civic, self-efficacy, political, economic, analytical, and career development skills. This novel learning strategy is critical in facilitating the realization of sustainable prosperity, including Kenya’s Vision 2030 development blueprint, which puts more emphasis on the connection between education and the labour market, fostering the acquisition of core competencies and life skills, and the necessity to fortify partnerships between the public and private sectors. This discourse explores the concept of CSL, its theoretical base, principles, and benefits, particularly in teacher education. Furthermore, the review delves into the implementation of CSL, including the possible sources of activities to be engaged in, projects to be carried out, and assessment.

SELF-EFFICACY, JOB PERFORMANCE, AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS

<p>The study aimed to investigate the influence of self-efficacy, job performance, and transformational leadership style on organizational commitment using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to 400 public school teachers in Region XI, Philippines. Findings revealed a high level of self-efficacy, a very high level of job performance, and high levels of transformational leadership and organizational commitment. There is a strong, positive, and significant correlation between self-efficacy and organizational commitment; job performance and organizational commitment; and transformational leadership and organizational commitment. Further results showed that the best-fit model was model 3 showing the direct causal relationships of Self-Efficacy, Job Performance, and Transformational Leadership Style on Organizational Commitment. Moreover, the Organizational Commitment of the respondents was defined by the retained indicators, namely: Affective Commitment and Individual Performance. Self-efficacy was described with the following retained indicators: Disciplinary Self-efficacy, and Creative Positive School Climate. On the other hand, Job performance was described in terms of the indicators Workload and Working Environment. Finally, Transformational Leadership retained the following indicators: Political Skill Inventory, and Perception of Relational Uncertainty. Findings suggest that the policy-making body of the Department of Education should look into the provision of professional development, workload allocations, and benefits of the teachers to further improve their organizational commitment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0517/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Servant Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Politics and the Moderating Role of Political Skill in Public Service Organizations

Servant Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Politics and the Moderating Role of Political Skill in Public Service Organizations

Effect of Construction Manager's Political Skills on Relationship between Quality Management Practices and Inter-Organizational Project Success

This study aims to explore the impact of construction managers' political skills on the relationship between quality management practices and the success of inter-organizational construction projects in Pakistan. Objectively, it examines how project managers' political acumen influences the effectiveness of quality management strategies and, consequently, project success. Employing a survey-based methodology, the research encompasses a broad spectrum of professionals involved in various construction projects across Pakistan. Through this analysis, the study identifies key challenges to project success and assesses the correlation between managerial political skills and the effective implementation of quality management practices. The findings reveal a notable positive relationship between these elements, highlighting the critical role of skills such as communication, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution. Additionally, the research underscores the interconnected nature of managerial competencies and identifies key factors impacting project success through advanced statistical techniques like principal component analysis and median absolute deviation. Significantly, this research provides novel insights into the role of human factors in the Pakistani construction industry's project management, proposing actionable strategies for skill enhancement and offering a comprehensive overview of factors influencing project success. These findings not only show the current skills and practices landscape but also lay the groundwork for future research and strategy implementation to boost industry-wide success. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-01-019 Full Text: PDF

Exploring the Relationships between Self-Evaluations, Personality Traits and Disorders, and Political Skill

Exploring the Relationships between Self-Evaluations, Personality Traits and Disorders, and Political Skill

Identifying core global mental health professional competencies: A multi-sectoral perspective

Abstract Concerned with sustainably alleviating mental distress and promoting the right to health worldwide, global mental health (GMH) is practised across various contexts spanning the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. The inherently intersectoral and multidisciplinary nature of GMH calls for competency frameworks and training programmes that embody diversity, decolonisation and multiprofessionalism. Existing competency frameworks have failed to capture the multi-sectoral, inter-professional nature of contemporary GMH practice. In response to these needs, a qualitative content analysis of relevant job advertisements was conducted to distil a comprehensive set of professional competencies in contemporary GMH practice. Approximately 200 distinct skills and competencies were extracted from 70 job advertisements and organised into four meta-dimensions: ‘skills’, ‘sector’, ‘self’ and ‘subject’. The first known systematic attempt at a multi-sectoral GMH competency framework, it offers a springboard for exploring vital yet overlooked professional competencies such as resilience, self-reflection, political skills and entrepreneurialism. On this basis, recommendations for building a competent, agile and effective GMH workforce with diversified and future-proof skillsets are proposed. The framework can also inform inter-professional training and curriculum design, and capacity-building initiatives aimed at early-career professional development, particularly in low- and middle-income settings.

The Impact of Social Intelligence on Engagement and Person-Organization Fit: A Mediation Analysis through Political Skill

The Impact of Social Intelligence on Engagement and Person-Organization Fit: A Mediation Analysis through Political Skill

The Excellence Model and Enhancement Path of Competence of Ideological and Political Teachers in Colleges and Universities in the Context of Informatization

Abstract At present, the competence of Ideological and Political Teachers in colleges and universities does not pay attention to ideology, the training mechanism is not sound, the teaching method is unscientific, and the teaching effectiveness is not strong and other problems. Based on the iceberg model of competency, this paper analyzes the materials of 496 “Influential Pacesetters” and “Influential Figures”, and extracts the relevant information to establish a model of excellence in the competency of college Ideological and Political Teachers. To accurately evaluate the excellence of college Ideological and Political Teachers’ competence, the IFAHP method was used to solve the weights of the assessment indicators, and a model for evaluating the excellence of competence was constructed by the binary semantic method. Taking University Z as an example, the evaluation questionnaire was prepared, and the relevant data of the competence excellence quality assessment indexes were obtained to make a comprehensive evaluation of the excellence quality of Ideological and Political Teachers’ competence. The results show that the excellent quality of college Ideological and Political Teachers’ competence will be affected by political belief and teaching innovation, whose weight values are 0.1439 and 0.1396, respectively. The comprehensive evaluation carried out on the example of Politics Course A teachers of University Z obtains their binary semantic evaluation information (s 4, −0.136) and the evaluation grade is excellent. Competence excellence quality enhancement of college Ideological and Political Teachers under the background of information technology need to optimize their knowledge of political theory and strengthen their Ideological and Political Teachers skills to effectively enhance students’ interest in learning political theory.

The Influence of Political Skill and Community Capabilities on Microtask Worker Hourly Wage: A Mixed Methods Study of Mechanical Turk

The Influence of Political Skill and Community Capabilities on Microtask Worker Hourly Wage: A Mixed Methods Study of Mechanical Turk

The moderating effect of political skills and mediating impact of career self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and self-perceived employability in education sector.

In 1990s, the changes in the atmosphere of the business and change in paradigm from the technological to the economy of knowledge has resulted in the world of business evolution. Due to these severe changes many institutions were required and even forced to take few steps through which they can help graduates by introducing them to the corporate world. Moreover, on the researchers of management has been put in immense pressure in order to discover the cause-and-effect relationship in the employability. However, in the employability field skills has gained importance and edge. The previous literature has been given the importance to the association of personality traits, emotional intelligence and employability. Furthermore, this study will explore and provide fundamental understanding of personality factors that are traits of personality and influence of emotional intelligence on employability on the undergraduate students. In addition, to add more knowledge in the body of this study, a conceptual clarity of the variables consents the opportunity for understanding the experiences and the concepts of employability consequences and the constructs.

Developing Political Literacy of Social Studies Teacher Candidates for Citizenship Education

In the rapidly developing and advancing world, citizens are expected to be involved in politics and help to their administrators/politicians. Although the concept of political literacy has an old history, it has become popular today. It has been included as a skill in 2018 and 2023 social studies curriculums in Türkiye. Considering the relevant national literature and the results of the needs analysis conducted within the scope of this research, it is seen that social studies teachers and teacher candidates don’t know political literacy and don’t have political literacy knowledge, skills and values as necessary. They, expected to raise politically literate individuals, have to be politically literate citizens/teachers in order to be successful. In this research, produced from a doctoral thesis, it was aimed to improve the political literacy of social studies teacher candidates. So, a political literacy education program was prepared within the scope of action research, one of the qualitative research designs, and political literacy education was given to improve the political literacy of teacher candidates. After the training, lasting about three and a half months, the effectiveness of the program in developing political literacy and the views of teacher candidates on it were tried to be revealed.
 
 Keywords: Citizenship education, Political literacy, Social studies, Teacher candidates

Relationship Between Health Policies and Resilience: The Case of the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has recently created an environment of chaos that modern societies have not experienced. The reactions of countries and societies to this new situation are different. The health policies implemented by countries in the fight against the outbreak during the Covid-19 pandemic process have an impact on the resilience of communities and constitute a determining factor in all kinds of losses. The concept of resilience has been increasingly used in the literature in recent years. Resilience, as a word meaning, is defined as the capacity of a system to continue its functions with the reactions it gives to the external effects it is exposed to. The purpose of this research is to explain the difficulties faced by societies during the Covid-19 pandemic process with selected country examples in the relationship of resilience. In this context, the countries of China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, India, the United States of America and Brazil were evaluated in terms of significant health policy differences and the losses suffered by the societies. Administrative or political skills of countries, existence of processes that ensure transparency, infrastructure and capacity of health systems and social capital determine the resilience capacity.

Are proactive employees always creative? The roles of political skill and leader-member exchange

This study examines the underlying mechanisms of the relationship between proactive personality and creative behaviors, and it does so by proposing and empirically testing a moderated mediation model that explains how the indirect effect of employees’ proactive personality on their creative behaviors via leader-member exchange is moderated by the employees’ political skill. Data collected from 153 subordinate-supervisor dyads was used to test the hypotheses. Using hierarchical linear modeling, this research finds support for the proposed hypotheses. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The Indian Development of Women Journalists and Human Rights

Abstract The concept of women's human rights owes its success and the creation of its use to the fact that it is revolutionary. The idea of women's human rights makes common sense. It declares that as human beings women have human rights. Anyone would find her or himself hard pressed to publicly make and defend the contrary argument that women are not human. So in many ways, the claim that women have human rights seems quite ordinary. On the other hand, "women's human rights" is a revolutionary notion. This fundamental recovery of humanity and the corollary insistence that women's rights are human rights have profound transformative potential. In the 1980s and 1990s, women's movements around the world formed networks and coalitions to give greater visibility both to the problems that women face every day and to the centrality of women's experiences in economic, social, political and environmental issues. In the development of what is becoming a global women's movement, the term "women's human rights" has served as a locus for praxis, that is, for the development of political strategies shaped by the interaction between analytical insights and concrete political practices. The critical tools, the determined activism, and the broad-based international networks that have grown up around movements for women's human rights have become a vehicle for women to develop the political skills necessary for the 21th century.