Meta-Analyzing the Relation between Grades and Salary

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 386-400

  Roth, Philip L ^a   Clarke, Richard L ^a  

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EID: 0001477527     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1997.1621     Document Type: Article

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