On the heritability of job satisfaction: The mediating role of personality

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 750-759

  Ilies, Remus ^a   Judge, Timothy A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY;

AFFECT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0042829115     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.4.750     Document Type: Article

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