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Peer reviewedBoudreau, John W.; Boswell, Wendy R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2001
The NEO Personality Inventory and intrinsic and extrinsic career success measures were completed by 1,885 U.S. and 1,871 European executives. Neuroticism was associated with lower extrinsic success for U.S. executives, extroversion with higher extrinsic success for European executives. Extroversion was related positively and neuroticism negatively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Incentives, Personality Traits
Direct linkSandlin, Jennifer A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2004
This article discusses how two welfare education programs construct workforce success. Discourse about success in these programs falls into two basic camps: an individual-based self-motivation perspective and an external, structural, socioeconomic perspective. Although the individualistic perspective adhered to by the programs came into conflict…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Education Work Relationship, Self Motivation, Welfare Services
