Relationship between choice of a business major type (thing-oriented versus person-oriented) and Big Five personality traits

International Journal of Management Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-100

  Lakhal, Sawsen ^a   Frenette, Éric ^a   Sévigny, Serge ^a   Khechine, Hager ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five model; Business majors; Gender; Personality; Thing oriented versus person oriented

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864307657     PISSN: 14728117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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