College grade point average as a personnel selection device: Ethnic group differences and potential adverse impact

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-406

  Roth, Philip L ^a   Bobko, Philip ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034195078     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.3.399     Document Type: Article

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