Personality and income in Mexico: Supervisor assessments vs. self-assessments

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-106

  Palifka, Bonnie J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Income; Mexico; Personality; Self assessed traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549089481     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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