The neglect of base rate data by human resources managers in employee selection

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Whyte, Glen ^a   Sue Chan, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0036489371     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2002.tb00665.x     Document Type: Article

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