Tracking job performance trajectories over time: A six-year longitudinal study

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 560-577

  Alessandri, Guido ^a   Borgogni, Laura ^a   Truxillo, Donald M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Education; Job performance; Latent growth models; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028211673     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.949679     Document Type: Article

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