How similar are personality scales of the " same" construct? A meta-analytic investigation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 669-676

  Pace, Victoria L ^a   Brannick, Michael T ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Meta analysis; Personality scale convergence; Personality tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919029     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.014     Document Type: Review

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