Construct Validity and Background Data: Issues, Abuses, and Future Directions

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-145

  Mumford, Michael D ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0043098169     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(99)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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