Effects of a motivational inducement on the psychometric properties of a cognitive ability test

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-189

  Robie, Chet ^a   Mueller, Lorin M ^b   Campion, James E ^b  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability testing; Motivation; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041882238     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011153015413     Document Type: Article

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