The multiple face(t)s of state conscientiousness: Predicting task performance and organizational citizenship behavior

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 78-85

  Debusscher, Jonas ^a   Hofmans, Joeri ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Facets; Performance; State conscientiousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006699486     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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