A taxonomy of self-estimated human performance: The general factor ù

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   von Stumm, Sophie ^b   Makendrayogam, Arunthethy ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fleishman's taxonomy; Human performance; Psychometric structure; Self estimated ability; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956905653     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.30.4.188     Document Type: Article

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