Validation of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire in the Context of Personnel Selection

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 17, Issue SPEC. 1, 2003, Pages

  Van der Zee, Karen I ^a   Zaal, Jac N ^b   Piekstra, Jantien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GITP Research   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0037240208     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.483     Document Type: Article

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