Validation of a german-language core self-evaluations scale

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-226

  Heilmann, Tobias ^a   Jonas, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core self evaluations; German language self evaluations scale; International personality item pool 40; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649290580     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.2.209     Document Type: Article

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