Classification techniques for person-job matching an illustration using the US Army

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Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 984-1005

  Zeidner, J ^a,c   Scholarios, D ^a,b   Johnson, C D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Job design; Personnel policy; Selection

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PERSONNEL; EDUCATION;

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DECISION ENVIRONMENT; DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH; DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION; JOB DESIGN; PERSONNEL POLICY; SELECTION;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 0035617936     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000005919     Document Type: Article

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