Different personal propensities among scientists relate to deeper vs. broader knowledge contributions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3653-3658

  Bateman, Thomas S ^a   Hess, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Exploration; Goal orientation; Personality; Scientific performance productivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; WORK EXPERIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REWARD; SCIENCE; TRENDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; PUBMED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REWARD; SCIENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925397442     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421286112     Document Type: Article

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