Exploring and measuring differences in person-thing orientations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Graziano, William G ^a   Habashi, Meara M ^b   Woodcock, Anna ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Wesleyan College   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Interest; Person thing orientation; STEM careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954571966     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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