Linking proactive personality and the big five to motivation to learn and development activity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-935

  Major, Debra A ^a   Turner, Jonathan E ^a   Fletcher, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development activity; Five factor model of personality; Motivation to learn; Proactive personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY;

EID: 33746428467     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.927     Document Type: Article

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