Using Personality Inventories to Identify Thugs and Agitators: Applied Psychology's Contribution to the War against Labor

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 149-164

  Zickar, Michael J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of applied psychology; Industrial relations; Personality testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242699716     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.2000.1775     Document Type: Article

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