Personality trait development and social investment in work

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-344

  Hudson, Nathan W ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a   Lodi Smith, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality change; Personality development; Social investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860556074     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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