An investigation of the construct validity of the personality trait of self-directed learning

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Lounsbury, John W ^a,b   Levy, Jacob J ^a   Park, Soo Hee ^c   Gibson, Lucy W ^b   Smith, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Resource Associates Inc   (United States)

^c State of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality traits; Construct validity; Narrow personality traits; Self directed learning; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350090291     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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