Personality characteristics of job applicants and success in screening interviews

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-136

  Caldwell, David F ^a   Burger, Jerry M ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220222     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00718.x     Document Type: Article

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