Job-specific applicant pools and national norms for personality scales: Implications for range-restriction corrections in validation research

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-577

  Ones, Deniz S ^a   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038795330     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.3.570     Document Type: Article

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