Personality attributes of volunteers and paid workers engaged in similar occupational tasks

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 752-763

  Elshaug, Carol ^a   Metzer, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paid food preparers; Personality traits; Volunteer firefighters; Volunteer food preparers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FIRES; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0035528383     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600586     Document Type: Article

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