Introducing the construct curiosity for predicting job performance

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-472

  Mussel, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curiosity; Job performance; Personality; Personnel selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876424702     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1809     Document Type: Article

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