Personality dissimilarity and work-related outcomes: Asymmetric effects and moderating role of group tenure

Group Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Sung, Sun Young ^a   Choi, Jin Nam ^a,b   Kim Jo, Tina ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c LA County Department Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five personality; Group tenure; OCB; Personality dissimilarity; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897887720     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034411     Document Type: Article

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