Conscientiousness and achievement motivation predict performance

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 589-605

  Richardson, Michelle ^a   Abraham, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Conscientiousness; Grade point average; Neo Socioanalytic theory; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349579552     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.732     Document Type: Article

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