Relationships between candidate self-monitoring, perceived personality, and selection interview outcomes

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1115-1131

  Anderson, Neil ^a   Silvester, Jo ^b   Cunningham Snell, Nicole ^d   Haddleton, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Personality; Selection interviews; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040626474     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679905200901     Document Type: Article

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