Three method factors explaining the low correlations between assessment center dimension ratings and scores on personality inventories

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-141

  Kolk, Nanja J ^a,d   Born, Marise Ph ^b   Van Flier, Henk Der ^c  

^a Change Factory   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Berenschot   (Netherlands)

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EID: 10244252812     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.504     Document Type: Article

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