Relationship between conscientiousness and learning in employee training : Mediating influences of self-deception and self-efficacy

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 764-773

  Martocchio, Joseph J ^a   Judge, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Univ Illinois ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER LITERACY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031254181     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.82.5.764     Document Type: Article

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