Evaluating the core: Critical assessment of core self-evaluations theory

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Chen, Gilad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth fidelity; Core self evaluation; Multidimensional constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855670982     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.761     Document Type: Article

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