Does having a dysfunctional personality hurt your career? Axis II personality disorders and labor market outcomes

Industrial Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-173

  Ettner, Susan L ^a   Maclean, Johanna Catherine ^a   French, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 78650405930     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2010.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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