Political skill and the job performance of bullies

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-289

  Treadway, Darren C ^a   Shaughnessy, Brooke A ^b   Breland, Jacob W ^c   Yang, Jun ^d   Reeves, Maiyuwai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Performance; Political skill; Social information processing; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877802100     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941311321169     Document Type: Article

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