Dispositional antecedents and outcomes of political skill in organizations: A four-study investigation with convergence

By Yongmei Liu, Gerald R. Ferris, Robert A. Zinko, Pamela L. Perrewé, Barton A. Weitz, Jun Xu. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Political skill construct and criterion‐related validation: a two‐study investigation (2008, unknown): “called for future research into the personality prediction of political skill, and one study ( Liu et al. , 2007”
The genetic basis of entrepreneurship: Effects of gender and personality (2009, background): “The importance of social/political skills in terms of achieving certain job outcomes has been shown in conventional work settings (e.g., Blickle et al., 2008; Harris, Kacmar, Zivnuska, & Shaw, 2007; Liu et al., 2007).”
Personal reputation in organizations: Two-study constructive replication and extension of antecedents and consequences (2012, background): “Research in the field has demonstrated a link between political skill and personal reputation in that reputation mediates the relationship between political skill and job performance ratings (Liu et al., 2007).”
Self-efficacy to spur job performance (2018, background): “…– such as supervisor support (Zhou et al., 2016) or organizational justice (Aryee et al., 2015) – but also on their personal characteristics, such as their personality traits (Thoresen et al., 2004) and political skills (Liu et al., 2007), as well as their self-efficacy (Alessandri et al., 2015).”
Are You Willing and Able? Roles of Motivation, Power, and Politics in Career Growth (2010, background): “Because of this sense of trust and accountability, along with favorable personal reputations they build for themselves (Ferris et al., 2007; Liu et al., 2007), others are more likely to be receptive to their ideas and proposals, to defer to their views about issues, and to grant them greater…”
Workplace ostracism and hospitality employees’ counterproductive work behaviors: The joint moderating effects of proactive personality and political skill (2013, background): “More specifically, politically skilled employeeswith networking ability can help them to build their social capital and manage conflicts, with which proactive personality is likely to be more effective (Ferris et al., 2005; Liu et al., 2007).”
The Contributions of Personality to Organizational Behavior and Psychology: Findings, Criticisms, and Future Research Directions (2008, background): “Findings point to conscientiousness (Ferris et al., 2005), proactive personality (Liu et al., 2007), and extraversion (Liu et al., 2007) as significant predictors.”
The prediction of task and contextual performance by political skill: A meta-analysis and moderator test☆ (2011, background): “Politically skilled individuals may also be driven to succeed, and may engage in contextual performance as a means to achieve recognition (Liu et al., 2007).”