Measure invariance of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) across five cultures

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-191

  Lvina, Elena ^a   Johns, Gary ^b   Treadway, Darren C ^c   Blickle, Gerhard ^d   Liu, Yongmei Lucy ^e   Liu, Jun ^f   Atay, Salim ^g   Zettler, Ingo ^d   Solga, Jutta ^d   Noethen, Daniela ^d   Ferris, Gerald R ^h  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^g MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; cross cultural measure invariance; Germany; political skill inventory; psychometric properties; Russia; soft skills; Turkey; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865259878     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595812439870     Document Type: Article

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