Relationship of personality traits and counterproductive work behaviors: The mediating effects of job satisfaction

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-622

  Mount, Michael ^a   Ilies, Remus ^b   Johnson, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747272000     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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