Career success: The effects of personality

Career Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Lau, Victor P ^a   Shaffer, Margaret A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Careers; Learning; Performance; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078118     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439910270607     Document Type: Article

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