What do proactive people do? A longitudinal model linking proactive personality and career success

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 845-874

  Seibert, Scott E ^a   Kraimer, Maria L ^a   Crant, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago ^*

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EID: 0035729492     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2001.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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