The relative importance of political skill dimensions for predicting managerial effectiveness

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 915-929

  Snell, Samuel J ^a   Tonidandel, Scott ^a   Braddy, Phillip W ^b   Fleenor, John W ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

Author keywords

Managerial effectiveness; Political skill; Relative importance; Relative weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905497602     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2013.817557     Document Type: Article

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