Properties of persons and situations related to overall and distinctive personality-behavior congruence

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-101

  Sherman, Ryne A ^a   Nave, Christopher S ^b   Funder, David C ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Congruence; Distinctiveness; Normativeness; Self Determination Theory; Situation strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857139367     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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