Experience Must Be Bought.The Impact On Political Frustration And Political Skill

How to find a foothold in the complex competitive environment of the workplace,to better adapt to the workplace life,has been a hot topic of discussion.In the inevitable existence of organizational politics,political frustration is inevitable.Political frustration is inevitable.Political skill is one of the competencies necessary to adapt to organizational politics and help individuals to be able to respond positively to competition in the workplace,to access organizational resources effectively,to adapt flexibly to a dynamic competitive environment and thus to achieve professional success.The development and enhancement of political skill have always been of interest to academics and practitioners.However,research on the antecedents of political skill has stagnated at the level of individual traits and social learning.Existing research suggests that employees’ reflection on direct experiences may contribute to political skill’s learning.As the saying goes,experience must be bought,that learning and reflecting on political frustrations may be an opportunity to improve political skill.In order to investigate the mechanism of political frustration and political skills,this study was based on experiential learning theory,with positive reflection as a mediating variable and positive political perception as a moderating variable,to investigate the impacts on political frustration and political skill.This thesis used a combination of literature review,questionnaires and statistical methods to construct and test the research model.Firstly,defined the concept of political frustration,and strictly according to the scale development process,developed a scale with good reliability and validity,providing a measurement tool for the study,the mechanism of the effect of political frustration on political skills.Secondly,constructed and tested the model hypothesis by reviewing the literature to clarify the relationship between the variables,and then the model hypothesis was verified by using SPSS,Amos and Mplus data analysis software to analyze the survey data with working employees in different industries as the respondents.In summary,the following conclusions were obtained:（1）Positive perception of politics moderate the relationship between political frustration and positive reflection,that is,the higher level of employees’ positive perception of politics own,the stronger the relationship between employees’ political frustration and positive reflection;（2）Positive reflection positively affects political skills,that is,positive reflection contributes to the improvement of political skills;（3）Positive perception of politics moderate the indirect effect of employees’ political frustration on political skill through positive reflection.That is,compared with the low level of positive perception of politics,this indirect relationship shows a stronger correlation under the influence of high level of positive political perception.The theoretical implications of this thesis are as follows.Firstly,this study developed a political frustration scale with good reliability and validity,enriched the research on the positive effects of frustration;secondly,this study stood in the perspective of learning and reflection from direct experience,and explored the study of the mechanism of political frustration on political skill,enriched the research of political skills;the last,this study takes an important step in defining the boundaries of experiential learning theory,applying it to the field of organizational behavior and innovating theoretical research on experiential learning.In addition,this thesis also has certain implications for management practice:firstly,managers should pay attention to the mental health of employees at work,promptly guide them to reflect positively,and proposing effective positive reflection intervention strategies;secondly,managers need to pay attention to the training of employees’ political skill.The research results verified that positive reflection on political frustration provides a learning opportunity for political skill’s enhancement,and managers can start from the frustration experienced by employees to help them analyze the causes to political skill’s training;finally,organizations should create a healthy competitive environment and take a dialectical view of workplace politics.Leaders should lead by example,act in accordance with the rules,clarify regulations and promotion paths,and pay attention to the opinions raised by employees about political behavior.At the same time,flexible management approaches should be adapted to create,control and guide a healthy competitive climate,thus stimulating internal motivation for organizational development.