The development of a multidimensional measure of job market cognitions: The Employment Opportunity Index (EOI)

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-349

  Griffeth, Rodger W ^a   Allen, David G ^b   Steel, Robert P ^c   Bryan, Norman ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444366927     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.2.335     Document Type: Article

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