scholarly journals Impact of a Simulated Legislative Visit on Student Pharmacists’ Political Skill Inventory Scores

2021 ◽  
pp. 8259
Author(s):  
Cortney M. Mospan ◽  
Chris Gillette
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

scholarly journals Pretesting a political skill scale in a sample of teacher-leaders from polytechnics in northeast Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-292
Author(s):  
Bala Salisu ◽  
Siti Rahmah Awang
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Teacher Leaders ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
The Political ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Skill Inventory ◽  
Κ Statistic ◽  
Northeast Nigeria

Although the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) is the benchmark measure of the political skill construct, the existence and frequent use of other measures suggest that the PSI fails to cover the content domain of the construct comprehensively. This study utilised the extant political skill measures in developing a robust and parsimonious political skill scale for assessing the political sensitivity of teacher-leaders in higher education. Cognitive tests, behaviour coding and respondent debriefing were conducted to evaluate a 38-item pool on political skill in a sample of 36 teacher-leaders drawn from nine polytechnics situated in Northeast Nigeria. The scale's interrater agreement was computed using Fleiss' κ statistic based on categorical data from five expert reviews. The results of our analyses revealed a 15-item Political Skill Scale (PSS) that reflects the social competence teacher-leaders need in performing the largely voluntary roles of teacher leadership. This work contributes towards contextual mapping of the political skill construct in an African setting. It also offers a new political skill measure.

Variation of Political Skill Dimensions Across Different Industries

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292110656
Author(s):  
Shivani Tiwari ◽  
Vikas Jain ◽  
Shafiullah Anis
Keyword(s):  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
The Political ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Networking Ability ◽  
Skill Dimensions ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

The purpose of this study to ascertain if there is any variation in political skill dimensions ((a) social astuteness, (b) interpersonal influence, (c) networking ability and (d) apparent sincerity) exhibited by employees in India’s seven industry sectors. In this study, the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) is used to examine such variations. Five hundred fifty survey respondents are employed in seven sectors viz. automobile, education, finance, fast moving consumer goods, health, information technology and telecom. The results exemplify that statistically significant differences are exhibited in these political skill dimensions by the employees in different industry sectors chosen for this research. Since these differences are reflected on four dimensions of the political skill, this study makes a unique contribution by developing an understanding of individual dimensions of political skill, thus, enabling greater insight into skill enhancement at various levels. Further, this study contributes by furnishing insights on skills useful for practitioners to understand dominance and lack of industry-specific skills within PSI inventory. The implications of this study could be in the areas such as personnel selection, framing skill development tools and programmes, enhancing job performance, achieving organizational goals and improvising organizational culture.

scholarly journals A Reliability Generalization Study of the Political Skill Inventory

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824401770671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan K. Jacobson ◽  
Chockalingam Viswesvaran
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
The Political ◽  
Reliability Generalization ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

Measure invariance of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) across five cultures

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Lvina ◽  
Gary Johns ◽  
Darren C. Treadway ◽  
Gerhard Blickle ◽  
Yongmei (Lucy) Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mean And Covariance Structures ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

This research expands the study of political skill, a construct developed in North America, to other cultures. We examine the psychometric properties of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) and test the measurement equivalence of the scale in a non-American context. Respondents were 1511 employees from China, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. The cross-cultural generalizability of the construct is established through consistent evidence of multi-group invariance in an increasingly stringent series of analyses of mean and covariance structures. Overall, the study provides systematic evidence that political skill can be treated as a stable construct among diverse cultural groups. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that translated PSI measures operationalize the construct similarly. With some exceptions, the item loadings and intercepts are invariant for the US and non-US responses, suggesting partial measurement equivalence. After verifying the accuracy of item translation, we conclude that any differences can be explained by variation in the cultural value of uncertainly avoidance and cultural differences on a low-to-high context continuum. Detected dissimilarities are addressed, and some suggestions regarding the correct use across borders of the instrument by managers and researchers are provided.

Development and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald R. Ferris ◽  
Darren C. Treadway ◽  
Robert W. Kolodinsky ◽  
Wayne A. Hochwarter ◽  
Charles J. Kacmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Performance Ratings ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mental Ability ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
General Mental Ability ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

The present research was developed to examine the conceptualization and measurement of the political skill construct and to provide validation evidence for the Political Skill Inventory (PSI). The results of three investigations, involving seven samples, are reported that demonstrate consistency of the factor structure across studies, construct validity, and criterion-related validity of the PSI. As hypothesized, political skill was positively related to self-monitoring, political savvy, and emotional intelligence; negatively related to trait anxiety; and not correlated with general mental ability. Also, the PSI predicted performance ratings of managers in two samples. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are provided.

scholarly journals Paixão pelo trabalho e competências de gestão interpessoal: Validação de escalas para a sua avaliação junto de gestores empresariais

Psychologica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Margarida Martins ◽  
Alexandra M. Araújo ◽  
Leandro S. Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

O presente estudo teve como objetivo a validação da Passion Toward Work Scale (PTWS – Escala da Paixão pelo Trabalho; Vallerand & Houlfort, 2003) e do Political Skill Inventory (PSI – Inventário de Competências de Gestão Interpessoal; Ferris et al., 2005) para gestores empresariais portugueses. A PTWS é uma escala composta por 14 itens, distribuídos por duas dimensões: paixão obsessiva e paixão harmoniosa. O PSI, constituído por 18 itens, integra quatro dimensões: a perspicácia social, a influência interpessoal, a capacidade para estabelecer redes de relacionamento profissional, e a sinceridade genuína.Participaram neste estudo 131 gestores portugueses, do norte ao sul do país, de várias áreas de atividade, faixas etárias e de ambos os sexos. Os resultados encontrados sugerem que ambos os instrumentos apresentam elevados índices de precisão e que os constructos definidos originalmente pelos autores se replicam na sua estrutura dimensional nesta amostra portuguesa. Foi observada, ainda, uma correlação positiva e estatisticamente significativa entre as competências de gestão interpessoal avaliadas pelo PSI e a dimensão paixão harmoniosa do PTWS.

Political Skill Inventory

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald R. Ferris ◽  
Darren C. Treadway ◽  
Robert W. Kolodinsky ◽  
Wayne A. Hochwarter ◽  
Charles J. Kacmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Political Skill Inventory
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