The role of conscientiousness and extraversion in affecting the relationship between perceptions of group potency and volunteer group member selling behavior: An interactionist perspective

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1235-1260

  Neubert, Mitchell ^a   Taggar, Simon ^b   Cady, Steven ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptions of group potency; Personality; Selling behavior; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748971412     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706069767     Document Type: Article

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