Search Results - "FERRIS, GERALD R."

Political Skill and Work Outcomes: A Theoretical Extension, Meta-Analytic Investigation, and Agenda for the Future by Munyon, Timothy P., Summers, James K., Thompson, Katina M., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…This quantitative review explored the political skill construct and its predictive ability across a number of organizational outcomes. First, we extended the…”
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Strategic human resource practice implementation: The critical role of line management by Sikora, David M., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…The implementation of effective human resource (HR) practices typically rests with line managers. This paper uses social context theory to propose that line…”
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Navigating uneven terrain: The roles of political skill and LMX differentiation in prediction of work relationship quality and work outcomes by Epitropaki, Olga, Kapoutsis, Ilias, Ellen III, B. Parker, Ferris, Gerald R., Drivas, Konstantinos, Ntotsi, Anastasia

“…Drawing from social/political influence, leader–member exchange (LMX), and social comparison theories, the present two-study investigation examines three…”
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Political Skill in Organizations by Ferris, Gerald R., Treadway, Darren C., Perrewé, Pamela L., Brouer, Robyn L., Douglas, Ceasar, Lux, Sean

“…Political skill is a construct that was introduced more than two decades ago as a necessary competency to possess to be effective in organizations…”
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Comparing the validity of multiple social effectiveness constructs in the prediction of managerial job performance by Semadar, Assaf, Robins, Garry, Ferris, Gerald R.

“…Social effectiveness constructs have been receiving increased attention in organizational research. However, the proliferation of such constructs raises…”
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Development and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory by Ferris, Gerald R., Treadway, Darren C., Kolodinsky, Robert W., Hochwarter, Wayne A., Kacmar, Charles J., Douglas, Ceasar, Frink, Dwight D.

“…The present research was developed to examine the conceptualization and measurement of the political skill construct and to provide validation evidence for the…”
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The Roles of Recruiter Political Skill and Performance Resource Leveraging in NCAA Football Recruitment Effectiveness by Treadway, Darren C., Adams, Garry, Hanes, T. Johnston, Perrewé, Pamela L., Magnusen, Marshall J., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…The recruitment and selection of human resources represent the most important activities in which organizations of all types engage. However, there is much…”
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Subordinate social adaptability and the consequences of abusive supervision perceptions in two samples by Mackey, Jeremy D., Ellen, B. Parker, Hochwarter, Wayne A., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…The present investigation examined social adaptability as a moderator of the relationships between perceptions of abusive supervision and several work…”
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Personal reputation in organizations: Two-study constructive replication and extension of antecedents and consequences by Zinko, Robert, Ferris, Gerald R., Humphrey, Stephen E., Meyer, Christopher J., Aime, Federico

“…Personal reputation has been argued to demonstrate important influences on work outcomes. However, substantive research on personal reputation is relatively…”
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The Moderating Role of Subordinate Political Skill on Supervisors' Impressions of Subordinate Ingratiation and Ratings of Subordinate Interpersonal Facilitation by Treadway, Darren C, Ferris, Gerald R, Duke, Allison B, Adams, Garry L, Thatcher, Jason B

“…Nearly 2 decades ago, social influence theorists called for a new stream of research that would investigate why and how influence tactics are effective. The…”
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Political skill as moderator of personality – Job performance relationships in socioanalytic theory: Test of the getting ahead motive in automobile sales by Blickle, Gerhard, Wendel, Stephanie, Ferris, Gerald R.

“…Based on the socioanalytic perspective of performance prediction ( Hogan, 1991; Hogan & Shelton, 1998), this study tests whether the motive to get ahead…”
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Leader Political Skill and Team Performance by Ahearn, Kathleen K., Ferris, Gerald R., Hochwarter, Wayne A., Douglas, Ceasar, Ammeter, Anthony P.

“…The present study investigates the impact of the political skill of leaders on team performance. More specifically, this study examined the role of leader…”
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Fit of Political Skill to the Work Context: A Two-Study Investigation by Blickle, Gerhard, John, Julia, Ferris, Gerald R., Momm, Tassilo, Liu, Yongmei, Haag, Rabea, Meyer, Gesine, Weber, Katharina, Oerder, Katharina

“…A two‐study investigation was designed to examine the role of job type (i.e. fit of political skill to work context) as a contextual moderator of the political…”
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The Interaction of Social Skill and Organizational Support on Job Performance by Hochwarter, Wayne A, Witt, L. A, Treadway, Darren C, Ferris, Gerald R

“…The present study examined the moderating effect of perceived organizational support (POS) on the relationship between social skill and supervisor-rated job…”
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The Relationship Between Emotional Resources and Emotional Labor: An Exploratory Study by Liu, Yongmei, Prati, L. Melita, Perrewé, Pamela L., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…The study examines the effects of a subtype of personal resources (i.e., emotional resources) on emotional labor strategies. We examined 2 variables, emotional…”
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Leader reputation: The role of mentoring, political skill, contextual learning, and adaptation by Blass, Fred R., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…Like organizations in other sectors, military settings can be appropriately characterized as political arenas.As such, political skill is critical for military…”
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Social Skill as Moderator of the Conscientiousness-Performance Relationship: Convergent Results Across Four Studies by Witt, L. A, Ferris, Gerald R

“…The authors conducted 4 studies to test the hypothesis that the relationship between Conscientiousness and job performance reflecting interpersonal…”
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Political will, political skill, and political behavior by Treadway, Darren C., Hochwarter, Wayne A., Kacmar, Charles J., Ferris, Gerald R.

“…The current study used Mintzberg's (1983) conceptualization of political will and political skill to evaluate the predictors and consequences of political…”
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Political skill construct and criterion-related validation: a two-study investigation by Ferris, Gerald R, Blickle, Gerhard, Schneider, Paula B, Kramer, Jochen, Zettler, Ingo, Solga, Jutta, Noethen, Daniela, Meurs, James A

“…Purpose - Political skill is measured with the political skill inventory (PSI), and the construct is composed of four distinct dimensions. Previous validation…”
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Self-Efficacy and Political Skill as Comparative Predictors of Task and Contextual Performance: A Two-Study Constructive Replication by Jawahar, I. M., Meurs, James A., Ferris, Gerald R., Hochwarter, Wayne A.

“…Task and contextual performance are distinct and critical components of job performance. However, empirical studies of antecedents have tended to focus on one…”
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