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Got political skill? The impact of justice on the importance of political skill for job performance.
J Appl Psychol. 2009 Nov; 94(6):1427-37.JA

Abstract

The present study examined the moderating effects of procedural and distributive justice on the relationships between political skill and task performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among 175 supervisor-subordinate dyads of a government organization. Using Mischel's (1968) situationist perspective, high justice conditions were considered "strong situations," whereas low justice conditions were construed as "weak situations." We found that when both procedural and distributive justice were low, political skill was positively related to performance. Under conditions of both high procedural and high distributive justice, political skill was negatively related to performance. Finally, under conditions of low distributive justice, political skill was positively related to OCB, whereas under conditions of high distributive justice, political skill had little effect on OCB. These results highlight the importance of possessing political skill in weak but not strong situations.

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Andrews MC
Department of Management, Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA.
Kacmar KM
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Harris KJ
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MeSH

Emotional IntelligenceEmployee Performance AppraisalFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle AgedOrganizational CultureSocial BehaviorSocial JusticeWorkplace

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19916653

Citation

Andrews, Martha C., et al. "Got Political Skill? the Impact of Justice On the Importance of Political Skill for Job Performance." The Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 94, no. 6, 2009, pp. 1427-37.
Andrews MC, Kacmar KM, Harris KJ. Got political skill? The impact of justice on the importance of political skill for job performance. J Appl Psychol. 2009;94(6):1427-37.
Andrews, M. C., Kacmar, K. M., & Harris, K. J. (2009). Got political skill? The impact of justice on the importance of political skill for job performance. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(6), 1427-37. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017154
Andrews MC, Kacmar KM, Harris KJ. Got Political Skill? the Impact of Justice On the Importance of Political Skill for Job Performance. J Appl Psychol. 2009;94(6):1427-37. PubMed PMID: 19916653.
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