Ishak, Shahibudin (2017) Social awareness, networking, interpersonal influence and intrinsic career success. In: 4th Conference on Business Management, 29 - 30 Oktober 2017, The Gurney Resprt Hotel & Recidences Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Leaders’ political skill still actively been study in management area, but not much research done to investigate in education management context.Thus, this study investigated the influence of Leaders’ political skill on intrinsic career success in the context of public secondary school organizations. Specifically, this research investigated the degree to which three sets of predictor’s variables: leader’s social awareness, networking, and interpersonal skill that influence career success of school principals.This study involves a quantitative analysis of school principals' self-perception of their political skill, and intrinsic career success.The data was obtained through mail survey method from school principals. The response rate for the sample was 53 percent, resulting in a usable sample size of 312 participants.The data was analyzed by using regression analyses.The findings of this study showed that Leader political skills in term of networking, interpersonal skill were positively and significantly influence intrinsic career success.Overall, the findings of this study shows not strong evidence to support that leader’s political skill has a strong influence on the career success of school principals.This study finding has contributed to current knowledge and understanding of career success from political perspective. The results thus serve to improve organizational career planning management and can help individuals to manage their career.Finally, this article discusses the implications of the study to theory and recommendations for future research

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	eISBN 978-967-0910-76-5 Organized by: aSchool of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Career satisfaction, career success, social astuteness, networking, interpersonal skill
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2018 00:27
Last Modified:	02 Apr 2018 00:27
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23811

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