Personality, social background, and occupational career success

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 702-726

  Gelissen, John ^a   de Graaf, Paul M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; Career mobility; Income attainment; Job mobility; Occupational career success; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747352834     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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