Silvester, Silvester, Wyatt, Madeleine, Parker, Ellen, Ferris, Gerald R (2020) Candidate Effects on Election Outcomes: Political Skill, Campaign Efficacy, and Intentions in a British General Election. . ISSN 0269-994X. E-ISSN 1464-0597. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:83910)
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Abstract
Integrating Social/Political Influence Theory with the Theory of Planned Behavior, we argue that personal resources (i.e., political skill, self-efficacy) enable political candidates to form more ambitious campaign intentions, and thus perform better in elections. We tested this model with a sample of political candidates (N = 225) campaigning in a British general election. Three months before polling day, candidates provided self-ratings of political skill, domain-specific self-efficacy (i.e., campaign efficacy), and personal campaign intentions during the campaign period. Our results demonstrated that, political skill was positively related to campaign efficacy, and intentions, via campaign efficacy. We also found a significant indirect effect for political skill on electoral performance (i.e., percentage of the vote), through campaign efficacy and intentions. Implications of our results for understanding candidate effects in campaigns and future research are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | candidate effects, political skill, election, campaign efficacy, intentions, votes |
Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management |
Depositing User: | Madeleine Wyatt |
Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2020 10:57 UTC |
Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2021 15:36 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/83910 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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