This quantitative review explored the political skill construct and its predictive ability across a
number of organizational outcomes. First, we extended the Ferris et al. meta‐theoretical …

Ostracism is a ubiquitous and inevitable part of human personal and professional lives.
Despite its prevalence, organizational scholars have yet to provide a comprehensive review …

This book provides a unique behavioral science framework for motivating employees in
organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist and …

We propose a model for examining the moderating effect of trust and social support on the
relationship between organizational politics and job outcomes. The model was tested …

Extending previous research on the genetic underpinnings of entrepreneurship, we
investigate gender differences in the genetic influences on the tendency of people to …

Although one of the most well-established research findings in industrial–organizational
psychology is that general mental ability (GMA) is a strong and generalizable predictor of job …

Purpose The study aimed to develop a richer understanding of how employees perceive
organizational politics in contemporary organizational contexts, and to identify whether …

Skills are frequently in the news and in the public eye in every country. Stories highlight
concerns about education and literacy standards, grades, learning by rote, and university …

Political skill is a relatively newly articulated construct. Despite its novelty, it has been
investigated in a variety of contexts, showing promise not only as a descriptor of several …

Three decades ago, the political skill construct was introduced to the organizational
sciences literature by Pfeffer (1981), advocating a political perspective on organizations …