Personality and organizational health: The role of conscientiousness

Work and Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-19

  Miller, Renée L ^a   Griffin, Mark A ^b   Hart, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Organizational health; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032988236     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026783799296156     Document Type: Article

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