Correlations between a general factor of personality and employment measures

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-561

  Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Carswell, Julie ^b   Jackson, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Research Psychologists Press   (Canada)

^c Haley and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment measures; General factor of personality; Intelligence; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863779753     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.037     Document Type: Article

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