The impact of political skill on career success of employees' representatives

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-390

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Oerder, Katharina ^a   Summers, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career success; Employees' representatives; Political skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149359607     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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