Validation of a preemployment MMPI index correlated with disciplinary suspension days of police officers

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Costello, Raymond M ^a   Schneider, Sandra L ^b   Schoenfeld, Lawrence S ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion validation; Job misperformance; Judicial decisions in occupational disputes; Law enforcement personnel; MMPI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030343534     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169608409785     Document Type: Article

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