The past and future of personality utility: Improving predictive ability through item-based precision and factor interdependence

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-267

  Moon, Henry ^a   Livne, Ephrat ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor interdependence; Five Factor Model; Personality measurement; Trait bandwidth debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051469418     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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