Personality and job performance: The big five revisited

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 869-879

  Hurtz, Gregory M ^a   Donovan, John J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY TESTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034346338     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.6.869     Document Type: Review

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