Recruiters' use of GPA in initial screening decisions: Higher GPAs don't always make the cut

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 823-845

  McKinney, Arlise P ^a,b   Carlson, Kevin D ^a   Mecham III, Ross L ^a   D'Angelo, Nicholas C ^a   Connerley, Mary L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0346338263     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00241.x     Document Type: Article

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