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We develop and test an integrative framework that identifies the underlying psychological mechanisms that relate organizational politics to task performance, citizenship, and counterproductive behaviors. In addition, we identify political skill as a moderator of the effects of politics on proximal outcomes, including strain and psychological contract breach. Data from 285 supervisor–subordinate dyads supported the majority of hypothesized relationships, indicating that both strain and psychological contract breach mediated the effects of perceived politics on work attitudes, which in turn linked politics to task performance and citizenship behaviors. In addition, our results indicate that political skill attenuates the negative effects of politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I cannot begin to describe my delight at having the opportunity to write this introduction to the special issue on typical versus maximum performance. It's humbling to realize that a paper you've written emerges as the seminal paper that starts a new line of research. But that appears to be the case: The notion of differentiating between typical and maximum performance on the criterion side of the equation is generally credited to Sackett, Zedeck, and Fogli (1988). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigates potential moderators of skill retention interval (SRI)/performance decrement relationships in the U.S. Air Force enlisted specialties. Factors mitigating against performance decrements over extended SRI; Identification of task characteristics related to skill maintenance; Assessment of task performance using the Walk-Through Performance Test.