Relationship between personality traits and performance for engineering and architectural professionals providing design services

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 158-166

  Carr, Paul G ^a   De La Garza, Jesus M ^b   Vorster, Michael C ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Architect engineers; Design; Performance; Personnel management

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS; DESIGN SERVICES; FRAMEWORKS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENGINEERS; JOB ANALYSIS; PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 12344322209     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2002)18:4(158)     Document Type: Article

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