Six turkish personality factors and the HEXACO model of personality structure

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 665-684

  Arzu Wasti, S ^a   Lee, Kibeom ^b,e   Ashton, Michael C ^c   Somer, Oya ^d  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; HEXACO model; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349121973     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108323783     Document Type: Article

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