The Big Five and tertiary academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-76

  Vedel, Anna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Big Five; GPA; Meta analysis; Moderation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906075349     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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