Competitiveness mediates the link between personality and group performance

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1394-1408

  Graziano, William G ^a   Hair, Elizabeth C ^a   Finch, John F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031304670     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.6.1394     Document Type: Article

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