Narrow reasoning about the use of broad personality measures for personnel selection

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-405

  Paunonen, Sampo V ^a   Rothstein, Mitchell G ^b   Jackson, Douglas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033121459     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199905)20:3<389::AID-JOB917>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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