The moderating role of subordinate political skill on supervisors' impressions of subordinate ingratiation and ratings of subordinate interpersonal facilitation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 848-855

  Treadway, Darren C ^a,f   Ferris, Gerald R ^b   Duke, Allison B ^a,e   Adams, Garry L ^c   Thatcher, Jason B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence; Ingratiation; Performance ratings; Political skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34248345596     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.848     Document Type: Article

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