The conscientious retiree: The relationship between conscientiousness, retirement, and volunteering

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Mike, Anissa ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Facets; Retirement; Social investment; Volunteering; Work status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906057066     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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