Are proactive personalities always beneficial? Political skill as a moderator

S. Sun; I.H. van Emmerik

doi:10.1037/a0037833

Are proactive personalities always beneficial? Political skill as a moderator

S. Sun^*, I.H. van Emmerik

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Does proactive personality always enhance job success? The authors of this study draw on socioanalytic theory of personality and organizational political perspectives to study employees' political skill in moderating the effects of proactive personality on supervisory ratings of employee task performance, helping behaviors, and learning behaviors. Multisource data from 225 subordinates and their 75 immediate supervisors reveal that proactive personality is associated negatively with supervisory evaluations when political skill is low, and the negative relationship disappears when political skill is high. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	966-975
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume	100
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037833
Publication status	Published - May 2015

Keywords

helping behavior
learning behavior
political skill
proactive personality
task performance
JOB-PERFORMANCE
EMPLOYEE VOICE
SOCIOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR
CAREER SUCCESS
WORK OUTCOMES
MODEL
METAANALYSIS
EXCHANGE
REPLICATION

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