The faking of personality questionnaire results: Who's kidding whom?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 156-165

  Rees, Christopher J ^a   Metcalfe, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Personality tests; Questionnaires; Selection; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041880247     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310465045     Document Type: Article

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