Political will, political skill, and political behavior

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The Interactive Effect of Leader-Member Exchange and Political Skill on Subjective Career Success (2007, methodology): “Political skill (α = .90) was measured using the 18-item scale validated by Ferris, Treadway et al. (2005).”
Political Skill in Organizations (2007, background): “In extending the framework set forth by Treadway et al. (2005), we argue that need for power is the most intuitively obvious and theoretically grounded addition to this framework.”
Social Influence Opportunity Recognition, Evaluation, and Capitalization: Increased Theoretical Specification Through Political Skill’s Dimensional Dynamics (2018, background): “For example, the relationship between political will and political skill has been empirically documented (r = .47, p < .01; Treadway et al., 2005), but a deeper explanation of this relationship, and its effects on social influence behavior, is lacking.”
Are You Willing and Able? Roles of Motivation, Power, and Politics in Career Growth (2010, methodology): “As such, individuals are motivated to engage in such behaviors only when they believe that doing so helps them to achieve valued organizational experience (Mintzberg, 1983; Treadway et al., 2005).”
Frustration-based outcomes of entitlement and the influence of supervisor communication (2010, background): “Gender has also been linked to political tendencies (Treadway et al., 2005).”