Explorations of construct validity in a combined managerial and personality assessment programme

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-193

  Craik, Kenneth H ^a   Ware, Aaron P ^a   Kamp, John ^c   O'Reilly III, Charles ^b   Staw, Barry ^a   Zedeck, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

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EID: 0036084327     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/09631790260098758     Document Type: Article

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