Relationship of coaching with performance in situational employment interviews

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-136

  Maurer, Todd ^a   Solamon, Jerry ^b   Troxtel, Deborah ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dept of Pers and Human Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 0031989514     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.1.128     Document Type: Article

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