Humility: Review of measurement strategies and conceptualization as personality judgment

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-252

  Davis, Don E ^a   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^a   Hook, Joshua N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humility; Measurement; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955241105     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439761003791672     Document Type: Article

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