Career Concerns and Political Influence Tactics: Analyzing the Mediating Role of Futuristic Career Behaviors (Study of Lorestan Government Employees)

The high importance of career path management in recent years has caused its challenges and central concerns to become the main problem of managers, especially human resource managers. The high importance of career path management in recent years has caused its challenges and central concerns to become the main problem of managers, especially human resource managers.Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of career path concerns on political tactics with emphasis on the mediating role of futuristic career path behaviors. This study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection in the field of descriptive survey studies. The statistical population of this study consisted of employees of government offices in Lorestan province. Using stratified-random sampling method based on Cochranchr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s formula, 328 people were selected as the research sample. The data of this study were collected using a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed by using the relative content validity index and Cronbachchr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s alpha coefficient, respectively. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling with Smart-PLS software. The findings of this study show that career path concerns have a significant effect on influential political tactics. The results of relationship analysis also showed that career path concerns have a significant impact on political tactics through futuristic career path behaviors.