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Virtually all papers in a recent special issue acknowledge the existence of stable personality traits whose manifestations are tempered by situations and incentives.
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- Authors
- Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lucas, Richard E.
- ORCID
- Lucas, Richard E.
- Venue
- Journal of Research in Personality
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 146-149
- ISSN
- 0092-6566 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2017320617
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Research in Personality (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- person-situation debate, cooperative motivation, trust, social value orientation, prosocial orientation, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, authenticity, perceived trustworthiness, prosocial behavior
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