Conscientiousness, Its Facets, and the Prediction of Job Performance Ratings: Evidence against the narrow measures

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Salgado, Jesús F ^a   Moscoso, Silvia ^a   Berges, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 84873491598     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12018     Document Type: Article

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