Role of Political Skill in Job Performance Prediction Beyond General Mental Ability and Personality in Cross-Sectional and Predictive Studies

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 488-514

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Kramer, Jochen ^a   Schneider, Paula B ^a   Meurs, James A ^b   Ferris, Gerald R ^c   Mierke, Jan ^a   Witzki, Alexander H ^a   Momm, Tassilo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951560427     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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