Criterion-Related Validity of a Measure of Person-Job and Person-Organization Fit

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 80-85

  Hambleton, Andrew J ^a   Kalliath, Thomas ^b   Taylor, Paul ^b  

^a University of Waikato ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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