New developments in the use of measures of honesty, integrity, conscientiousness, dependability, trustworthiness, and reliability for personnel selection

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 787-829

  Sackett, Paul R ^b   Wanek, James E ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0030511763     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1996.tb02450.x     Document Type: Review

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