The interplay of traits and motives on volunteering: Agreeableness, extraversion and prosocial value motivation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1293-1305

  Carlo, Gustavo ^a   Okun, Morris A ^b   Knight, George P ^b   de Guzman, Maria Rosario T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Extraversion; Motivation; Motives; Personality; Prosocial behaviors; Traits; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044250115     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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