Personality testing and the assessment center: Incremental validity for managerial selection

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 746-756

  Goffin, Richard D ^a   Rothstein, Mitchell G ^a   Johnston, Norman G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Independent Practice   (Canada)

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EID: 0030366318     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.6.746     Document Type: Article

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