Which Personality Attributes Are Most Important in the Workplace?

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-551

  Sackett, Paul R ^a   Walmsley, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

job performance; personality; workplace readiness

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WORKPLACE;

ACHIEVEMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SKILLS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84907220345     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614543972     Document Type: Article

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