title: Are proactive personalities always beneficial? Political skill as a moderator.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organization and Strategy, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University.
authors.forename: Shuhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Organization and Strategy, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University.
authors.forename: Hetty I J
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: van Emmerik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D066107:Social Skills; D000066477:Work Performance