Chinese Political Skills: A Inductive Study in South China

Despite the growing number of studies on the topics of political skill in an organisational context, there is a paucity of research in the South Provinces of the People´s Republic of China. This paper critically reviews the extant literature on political skill in human resource management and organisational behaviour and applies an inductive approach to explore the perception of them from both superior and subordinate perspectives. Data collected from 133 employees indicated the existence of seven clusters of behaviours that characterise political skill.