Cognitive and personality predictors of leader performance in west point cadets

Military Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-338

  Bartone, Paul T ^a   Snook, Scott A ^a   Tremble Jr , Trueman R ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0041376819     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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