Reviving the search for social intelligence - A multitrait-multimethod study of its structure and construct validity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-14

  Weis, Susanne ^a   Süß, Heinz Martin ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Social competence; Social intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750929566     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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