Development and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory

By Gerald R. Ferris, Darren C. Treadway, Robert W. Kolodinsky, Wayne A. Hochwarter, C. Kacmar, Ceasar Douglas, Dwight D. Frink. 2005

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

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Putting Creativity to Work: The Implementation of Creative Ideas in Organizations (2012, methodology): “Networking ability, defined as the extent to which people are skilled in developing and using social networks to effect change at work (Ferris et al., 2005; Ferris, Treadway, Perrewé, Brouer, Douglas , & Lux, 2007), may therefore be expected to regulate the extent to which implementation…”
Constructive Deviance in Organizations (2013, background): “Networking ability is defined as the extent to which people are skilled in developing and using social networks to effect change at work (Ferris et al., 2005).”
A Model of Third Parties' Morally Motivated Responses to Mistreatment in Organizations (2011, neutral): “Resource Power (Social Capital) (Used in Study 3) 1) Reputation Scale (Hochwarter et al., 2007) 2) Political Skills Inventory (Ferris et al., 2005) St ro ng ly D isa gr ee D isa gr ee N eu tr al A gr ee St ro ng ly A gr ee 1.”
Mentoring support and power: A three year predictive field study on protégé networking and career success (2009, background): “Ferris and his colleagues (Ferris et al., 2005) defined political skill as: ‘‘the ability to effectively understand others at work, and use such knowledge to influence others to act in ways that enhance one’s personal and/or organizational objectives” (p. 127).”
Personal Initiative and Job Performance Evaluations: Role of Political Skill in Opportunity Recognition and Capitalization (2017, methodology): “To assess political skill and its dimensions, the validated German translation (Ferris et al., 2008) of the PSI (Ferris et al., 2005) was used.”
Honesty–Humility and a Person–Situation Interaction at Work (2010, background): “As is known from the literature on influencing (e.g. Ferris et al., 2005), people who intend to manipulate others must identify specific circumstances appropriately for their influencing strategy to be successful.”
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.”
Supervisor ostracism and defensive silence: a differential needs approach (2018, background): “Second, this self-protective form of silence escapes detection, avoids direct confrontation and protects social harmony (Ferris et al., 2005).”
Emotions in Management and the Management of Emotions: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Politics on Public Sector Employees (2010, methodology): “Political Skill Inventory (PSI) 1.”