What are we measuring? An examination of the relationships between the big-five personality traits, goal orientation, and performance intentions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1693-1708

  Zweig, David ^a   Webster, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Goal orientation; Learning; Performance intentions; Personality; Three factor model

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842554268     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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