The Role of Personality in Leadership: An Application of the Five-Factor Model in the Australian Military

Military Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-197

  McCormack, Luke ^a   Mellor, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041310269     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327876MP1403_1     Document Type: Article

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