Academic Performance, Career Potential, Creativity, and Job Performance: Can One Construct Predict Them All?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-161

  Kuncel, Nathan R ^a   Hezlett, Sarah A ^a   Ones, Deniz S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATIVITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CAREER MOBILITY; CREATIVENESS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0942278856     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.1.148     Document Type: Article

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