Predictive validity of personal statements and the role of the five-factor model of personality in relation to medical training

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-344

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Sanders, Andrea ^c   O'Hehir, Fiona ^a   James, David ^c  

^a Oxford Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034258220     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317900167056     Document Type: Article

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