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The importance of conscientiousness

Adrian Furnham

A chapter in The Engaging Manager, 2012, pp 102-104 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract To what extent can you predict adult career and educational success, health and happiness, even marital happiness and mortality, from knowing a child’s personality? And if it is possible to do this, could you intervene and shape a child’s personality?

Keywords: Eating Disorder; Adult Career; Educational Success; Downward Mobility; Selection Enquiry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137273871_28

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