The reliability of the behavioral-personnel assessment device (B-PAD) in selecting police recruits

Policing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-352

  Doerner, William G ^a   Nowell, Terry M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Police; Recruitment; Selection; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039627950     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519910285099     Document Type: Article

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