Confirmatory factor structure of trait emotional intelligence in student and worker samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1155-1168

  Tett, Robert P ^a   Fox, Kevin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Emotional intelligence; Personality; Self report; Students; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746923495     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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