Beyond the Bright Side: Dark Personality at Work

Applied Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-24

  Harms, P D ^a   Spain, Seth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONALITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84948976385     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/APPS.12042     Document Type: Article

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