Assessing the U.S. presidents using the revised NEO Personality Inventory

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-419

  Rubenzer, Steven J ^a,c   Faschingbauer, Thomas R ^b   Ones, Deniz S ^d  

^a Mental Hlth Mental Retard Auth H   (United States)

^b Ft Bend Co Juven Probation Dept   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Description; Greatness; Job success; Leadership; NEO PI R; Personality; Prediction; Presidents; Typology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED STATES;

FAMOUS PERSONS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0039964963     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700408     Document Type: Article

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