Empirical identification of the major facets of Conscientiousness

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  MacCann, Carolyn ^a   Duckworth, Angela Lee ^b   Roberts, Richard D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ETS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Conscientiousness; Educational outcomes (GPA, absenteeism, discipline); Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350028447     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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