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Group cultural values and political skills: A situationist perspective on interpersonal citizenship behaviors

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  • Ashish Mahajan

    (University of Windsor)

  • Soo Min Toh

    (University of Toronto Mississauga)

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Drawing on Mischel’s (1968) situationist perspective, we theorized that in a weak situation, one created by a group culture of low power distance (PD) or low uncertainty avoidance (UA), political skills increase the display of interpersonal citizenship behaviors. In a strong situation, one created by a high group PD or high group UA, the application of political skills is constrained. In a sample comprising of supervisor–employee groups from Canada and India, we highlight group culture as an important boundary condition on interpersonal citizenship behaviors and recommend that leaders carefully consider the cultures that they create in their groups.

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  • Ashish Mahajan & Soo Min Toh, 2017. "Group cultural values and political skills: A situationist perspective on interpersonal citizenship behaviors," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 48(1), pages 113-121, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:48:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1057_s41267-016-0036-x
    DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0036-x
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