Time-on-task mediates the conscientiousness-performance relationship

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-897

  Biderman, Michael D ^a   Nguyen, Nhung T ^b   Sebren, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Conscientiousness; Factor scores; Mediation; Method bias; Time on task; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349154202     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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