Applicant reactions to test score banding in entry-level and promotional contexts

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-338

  Truxillo, Donald M ^a   Bauer, Talya N ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLICE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033137337     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.3.322     Document Type: Article

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