Relative Importance of Personality Dimensions for Expatriate Selection: A Policy Capturing Study

Human Performance

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 275-294

  Ones, Deniz S ^a   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033459791     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959289909539872     Document Type: Article

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