A global self-report measure of person-job fit

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Brkich, Mariana ^a   Jeffs, Danielle ^a   Carless, Sally A ^a  

^a Career Dynamics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Person job fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036002320     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.18.1.43     Document Type: Article

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