Personality, political skill, and job performance

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-387

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Meurs, James A ^b   Zettler, Ingo ^a   Solga, Jutta ^a   Noethen, Daniela ^a   Kramer, Jochen ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Job performance; Political skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649084623     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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