I hope you'll find intertesting this substantial report (66 pages) of Tian and Bearden , available from http://repository.uwyo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=mgmt_facpub
These are some of the articles about scale development and validation:
Kacmar, K. M., & Carlson, D. S. (1997). Further validation of perceptions of politics scale (Pops): A multi sample investigation. Journal of Management, 23(5), 625-658.
Ferris, G. R., Treadway, D. C., Kolodinsky, R. W., Hochwarter, W. A., Kacmar, C. J., Douglas, C., & Frink, D. D. (2005). Development and validation of the political skill inventory. Journal of Management, 31(1), 126-152.
Liu, C. H., & Robertson, P. J. (2011). Spirituality in the workplace: Theory and measurement, Journal of Management, 20(1), 35-55.