Complex Relationships among Personality Traits, Job Characteristics, and Work Behaviors

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 326-339

  Van den Berg, Peter T ^b   Feij, Jan A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0347604351     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0965-075X.2003.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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