The futility of utility analysis revisited: When even an expert fails

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 601-610

  Whyte, Glen ^a   Latham, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031535434     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00705.x     Document Type: Article

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