An investigation of personality traits in relation to job and career satisfaction of information technology professionals

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-183

  Lounsbury, John W ^a,b   Moffitt, Lauren ^a   Gibson, Lucy W ^b   Drost, Adam W ^b   Stevens, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Career satisfaction; Job satisfaction; Person environment fit; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249722219     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000094     Document Type: Article

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