Person-Environment Congruence and Personality Domains in the Prediction of Job Performance and Work Quality

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-177

  Kieffer, Kevin M ^a   Schinka, John A ^b,c   Curtiss, Glenn ^b,c  

^a Virginia Peninsula   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842525768     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.51.2.168     Document Type: Article

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