Personality and the prediction of team performance

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-42

  O'Neill, Thomas A ^a   Allen, Natalie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; Narrow traits; Personality; Personality facets; Team composition; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751469695     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.769     Document Type: Article

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