Task-contingent conscientiousness as a unit of personality at work

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-806

  Minbashian, Amirali ^a,b   Wood, Robert E ^a,b   Beckmann, Nadin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Task contingent personality units; Within person variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77957360240     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020016     Document Type: Article

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