The civic personality: Personality and democratic citizenship

Political Studies

Volumn 62, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 134-152

  Dinesen, Peter Thisted ^a   Nørgaard, Asbjørn Sonne ^b   Klemmensen, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Big Five personality model; Citizenship norms; Democratic citizenship; Generalised trust; Organisational involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890286155     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12094     Document Type: Article

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