Psychological entitlement and abusive supervision: Political skill as a self-regulatory mechanism

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-257

  Whitman, Marilyn V ^a   Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^a   Shanine, Kristen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

abusive supervision; political skill; psychological entitlement; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUTHORITARIANISM; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84880202111     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182678fe7     Document Type: Article

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