When openness to experience and conscientiousness affect continuous learning: A mediating role of intrinsic motivation and a moderating role of occupation

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Watanabe, Shinichiro ^a   Tareq, Mohammad ^a   Kanazawa, Yuichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Continuous learning; Intrinsic motivation; Openness to experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952181760     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2010.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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