Moderators of the adaptiveness of self-enhancement: Operationalization, motivational domain, adjustment facet, and evaluator

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 839-853

  Kurt, Aliye ^a   Paulhus, Delroy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptiveness; Adjustment; Self enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149086201     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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