Testing Differential Mediation Effects of Sub-dimensions of Political Skills in Linking Proactive Personality to Employee Performance

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-369

  Shi, Junqi ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Zhou, Le ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; In role performance; Political skill; Proactive personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027948151     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9195-0     Document Type: Article

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