Trait competitiveness as a composite variable: Linkages with facets of the big-five

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Fletcher, Thomas D ^a   Nusbaum, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Competitiveness; Composite variables; Compound variables; Facets; Formative indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 45649084142     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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