Group differences in personality: Meta-analyses comparing five U.S. racial groups

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 579-616

  Foldes, Hannah J ^a,c   Duehr, Emily E ^a   Ones, Deniz S ^b  

^a Personnel Decisions Research Institute

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PDRI   (United States)

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EID: 49149130057     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2008.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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