Politics perceptions as moderator of the political skill - job performance relationship: A two-study, cross-national, constructive replication

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Kapoutsis, Ilias ^a   Papalexandris, Alexandros ^a   Nikolopoulos, Andreas ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^b   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job performance; Political environments; Political skill; Politics perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649880787     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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