Personality and job performance: The importance of narrow traits

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-303

  Ashton, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032056370     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199805)19:3<289::AID-JOB841>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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