An empirical investigation of group acceptance using the big five personality domains

Organisation Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-207

  Joardar, Arpita ^a   Matthews, Linda M ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

group acceptance; newcomer; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650071435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/omj.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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