Why borderline personality features adversely affect job performance: The role of task strategies

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-36

  Thompson, Rebecca J ^a   Payne, Stephanie C ^a   Horner, Margaret T ^a   Morey, Leslie C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline Personality Disorder; Job performance; Strategy; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455219387     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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