The relationship between personality traits and information competency in Korean and American students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1153-1162

  Song, Hana ^a   Kwon, Nahyun ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Big five personality traits; College students; Cultural differences; Information competency; NEO Five factor inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865204346     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.7.1153     Document Type: Article

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