Using extracurricular activity as an indicator of interpersonal skill: Prudent evaluation or recruiting malpractice?

Human Resource Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-454

  Rubin, Robert S ^a,b   Bommer, William H ^c   Baldwin, Timothy T ^d  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141873432     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10053     Document Type: Article

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