Becoming the harvard man: Person-environment fit, personality development, and academic success

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 851-865

  Harms, P D ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a   Winter, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Performance; Person environment fit; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33744821063     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206287720     Document Type: Article

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