The moderation of conscientiousness by cognitive ability when predicting workplace safety behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 711-716

  Postlethwaite, Ben ^a   Robbins, Steve ^b   Rickerson, Jill ^b   McKinniss, Tamera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Conscientiousness; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849135737     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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