Big Five Traits and Intrinsic Success in the New Career Era: A 15-Year Longitudinal Study on Employability and Work-Family Conflict

Applied Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-156

  Wille, Bart ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   Feys, Marjolein ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84868529219     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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