Personality and politics perceptions: A new conceptualization and illustration using OCBs

Handbook of Organizational Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-52

  Rosen, Christopher C ^a   Chang, Chu Hsiang ^a   Levy, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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