Political skill: An antidote in the role overload-strain relationship

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-250

  Perrewé, Pamela L ^a   Rossi, Ana Maria ^b   Kacmar, Charles J ^c   Zellars, Kelly L ^d   Ferris, Gerald R ^a   Liu, Yongmei ^a   Zinko, Robert ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinica de Stress e Biofeedback   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Job tension; Political skill; Role overload

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 24644469906     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.3.239     Document Type: Article

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