The chameleon effect in assessment centers: The influence of cross-situational behavioral consistency on the convergent validity of assessment centers

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-116

  Kuptsch, Constanze ^a   Kleinmann, Martin ^b   Köller, Olaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

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