Leader political skill and employee reactions

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-513

  Treadway, Darren C ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^b   Ferris, Gerald R ^b   Kacmar, Charles J ^c   Douglas, Ceasar ^b   Ammeter, Anthony P ^a   Buckley, M Ronald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Job satisfaction; Perceived organizational support; Political skill; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344673865     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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