Do warnings of response verification moderate the relationship between personality and cognitive ability?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 306-322

  Vasilopoulos, Nicholas L ^a,b   Cucina, Jeffrey M ^a   McElreath, Julia M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S Customs and Border Protection ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECUMBENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444366159     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.2.306     Document Type: Article

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