A comparison of general and work-specific measures of core self-evaluations

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-566

  Bowling, Nathan A ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Tang, Han Ying ^b   Kennedy, Kellie D ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core self evaluations; Employee well being; Extra role behaviors; Job attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951023211     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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