The psychometric evaluation of a multidimensional measurement instrument of professional expertise: Results from a study in small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Netherlands

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-178

  Van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^a   Verhelst, Norman D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multitrait multimethod analysis; Pairwise comparisons employees and supervisor ratings; Professional expertise; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035999332     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.18.2.165     Document Type: Article

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