Personality differences among orchestra instrumental groups: Just a stereotype?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 610-620

  Langendörfer, Franziska ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instrumental groups; Orchestra; Personality differences; Stereotypes; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749085287     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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