Validity of the BIP and the NEO-PI-R: How suitable are an explicitly job-oriented and a general personality test for the explanation of career success?;Validität des BIP und des NEO-PI-R Wie geeignet sind ein berufsbezogener und ein nicht explizit berufsbezogener Persönlichkeitstest zur Erklärung von Berufserfolg?

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-147

  Hülsheger, Ute R ^a   Specht, Elke ^a   Spinath, Frank M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bandwidth fidelity; Career success; Five factor model of personality; Job satisfaction; Personality; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746225590     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.50.3.135     Document Type: Article

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