Personality traits of individuals in different specialties of librarianship

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-286

  Williamson, J M ^a   Pemberton, A E ^b   Lounsbury, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Labour specialization; Libraries; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549117564     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810858056     Document Type: Article

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