An examination of information quality as a moderator of accurate personality judgment

Journal of Personality

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 440-451

  Letzring, Tera D ^a   Human, Lauren J ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REALITY TESTING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908321695     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12075     Document Type: Article

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