Impact of common rater variance on construct validity of assessment center dimension judgments

Human Performance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-337

  Kolk, Nanja J ^a,c   Born, Marise Ph ^b   Van der Flier, Henk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Berenschot   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0036031724     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327043HUP1504_02     Document Type: Article

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