The Influence of Political Skill on Workplace Friendship Based on the Social Capital Theory

DOI

10.2991/emtc-14.2014.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Political skill, Workplace friendship, Social capital.

Abstract

The workplace friendship plays a significant role in the development of individuals and organizations. Although there is a considerable body of literature on organizational political skill and workplace friendship respectively, scholars hasn’t paid enough attention to the influence of political skill on the workplace friendship. So, based on social capital theory, the influence of political skill on the workplace friendship has been studied, the origins and essence of political skill, and dimensions division has been listed. The study collects 124 valid questionnaires and verifies the hypothesis by multiple hierarchical regressions. The results suggest that political skill have significant positive influence on workplace friendship.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gao Jing
AU  - Wang Hui-Hui
PY  - 2014/04
DA  - 2014/04
TI  - The Influence of Political Skill on Workplace Friendship Based on the Social Capital Theory
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Economic Management and Trade Cooperation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 282
EP  - 287
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emtc-14.2014.48
DO  - 10.2991/emtc-14.2014.48
ID  - Jing2014/04
ER  -