Personality predictors of participation as a mentor

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Niehoff, Brian P ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Mentors; Personality; Personality tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747117586     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610672531     Document Type: Article

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