Test Preparation Activities and Employment Test Performance

Human Performance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-167

  Clause, Catherine S ^b   Delbridge, Kerry ^b   Schmitt, Neal ^a   Chan, David ^b   Jennings, Danielle ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035590638     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327043HUP1402_02     Document Type: Article

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