The effect of cognitive load on the processing of employment selection information

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-318

  Nordstrom, Cynthia R ^a   Williams, Karen B ^b   LeBreton, James M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030509261     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1803_4     Document Type: Article

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