Social cognitive career theory, conscientiousness, and work performance: A meta-analytic path analysis

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-90

  Brown, Steven D ^a   Lent, Robert W ^b   Telander, Kyle ^a   Tramayne, Selena ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Meta analysis; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958054238     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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