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Is political skill always beneficial? The relationship between political skill and unethical pro-supervisor behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2023

Zilong Cui Open the ORCID record for Zilong Cui [Opens in a new window]  and
Kaixin Zhang
Zilong Cui*
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Yatai School of Business Administration, Jilin University of Finance and Economics, No. 3699 Jing Yue Street, Changchun, China
Kaixin Zhang
Affiliation:
Management School, Changchun Guanghua College, 3555 Wuhan Road, Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changchun, China
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Corresponding author: Zilong Cui, E-mail: cui_zilong@hotmail.com
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Abstract

By drawing on social exchange theory, we developed a theoretical model to explore the effect of political skill on unethical pro-supervisor behavior (UPSB) via leader–member exchange (LMX) and the way in which immediate supervisor empowering leadership moderates this mediated relationship. A three-wave study (n = 442) provided evidence suggesting that political skill is positively related to UPSB and that LMX partially mediates this relationship. Immediate supervisor empowering leadership moderates the effect of political skill on LMX, and political skill is positively and indirectly related to UPSB via LMX when the level of immediate supervisor empowering leadership is high. Although political skill is beneficial to both employees and organizations in many respects, our study provides empirical evidence that can improve our understanding of how political skills trigger UPSB. The practical and theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.

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Empowering leadershipleader–member exchangepolitical skillunethical pro-supervisor behavior
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Journal of Management & Organization , First View , pp. 1 - 18
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management

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