The big five personality traits and individual satisfaction with the team

Small Group Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-211

  Peeters, Miranda A G ^a   Rutte, Christel G ^a   Van Tuijl, Harrie F J M ^a   Reymen, Isabelle M M J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; Dissimilarity; Personality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644602463     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496405285458     Document Type: Article

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