Personality and job engagement

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Inceoglu, Ilke ^a   Warr, Peter ^b  

^a SHL Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Engagement; Extraversion; Motivation; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155175856     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000045     Document Type: Article

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