Cognitive ability, emotional intelligence, and the big five personality dimensions as predictors of criminal investigator performance

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-491

  Ono, Masakatsu ^a   Sachau, Daniel A ^a   Deal, William P ^b   Englert, David R ^c   Taylor, Michael D ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; cognitive ability; criminal investigators; emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953855827     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811399406     Document Type: Article

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