Paradigms and their development: The psychometric paradigm of personnel selection as a case study of paradigm diversity and consensus

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1011-1033

  McCourt, Willy ^a  

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Author keywords

History of organization studies; Industrial organizational psychology; Paradigms; Personnel selection; Professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039850071     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699206005     Document Type: Article

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