Entry-level police candidate assessment center: An efficient tool or a hammer to kill a fly?

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 827-849

  Dayan, Kobi ^a   Kasten, Ronen ^a   Fox, Shaul ^b  

^a Israeli Police ^*  (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0036926689     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2002.tb00131.x     Document Type: Article

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