Employee selection: Will intelligence and conscientiousness do the job?

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-86

  Behling, Orlando ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Behling Associates

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EID: 0002544133     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/ame.1998.254980     Document Type: Article

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