...Teng Liu; Steven Kilroy Purpose This study aims to investigate whether and how subordinates' political skill influences abusive supervision via task performance and organization-directed organizational citizenship behavior (OCB-O). Design/methodology/approach A 3-wave survey of 224 employees...

...Zeeshan Hamid; Yasir Mansoor Kundi Purpose This study examines how servant and despotic leadership influence work engagement, mediated by identification with the leader and moderated by employees’ political skill. Design/methodology/approach The proposed linkages were tested in three studies...

...Thorsten Semrau; Norbert Steigenberger; Hendrik Wilhelm Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between team political skill, i.e., the mean level of political skill among team members, and team performance. Specifically, it proposes that the link between team political skill...

...Robyn L. Brouer; Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu; Lei Wang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the sub-dimensions of political skill and transformational leadership, arguing that in a Chinese sample, social astuteness, networking ability, and interpersonal influence...

...Katharina Oerder; Gerhard Blickle; James K. Summers Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to seek to predict increases in political skill, and more specifically networking ability, based on hierarchical position, time involvement, and the moderating effects of job incumbents’ age. Design...

...Mary Dana Laird; James J. Zboja; Arthur D. Martinez; Gerald R. Ferris Purpose Reputation has many positive outcomes, but little is known about how individuals manage their personal reputation at work. This study aims to investigate the relationships between job performance and political skill...

... information processing and political skill to explain how bullies can successfully navigate the social and political organizational environment and achieve higher ratings of performance. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire, archival performance data, and social networks methodology were employed...

... to which gender role‐congruent and counterstereotypical influence behavior is related to liking as moderated by political skill. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of n=136, these hypotheses were tested in retail organizations in the Northeast and Southwest. Findings Political...