Comparability of GATB scores for immigrants and majority group members: Some Dutch findings

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 675-687

  Te Nijenhuis, Jan ^a,b   Van Der Flier, Henk ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Railways   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031482203     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0021-9010.82.5.675     Document Type: Article

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