Trait emotional intelligence and its links to university performance: An examination

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 658-662

  Sanchez Ruiz, Maria Jose ^a   Mavroveli, Stella ^b   Poullis, Joseph ^c  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic interests; Career choice; Major; Personality; TEIQue; Trait emotional self efficacy; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871798477     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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