Openness to Experience as a Predictor of Job Performance Trajectories

Applied Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Minbashian, Amirali ^a   Earl, Joanne ^a   Bright, Jim E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84868594823     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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