Potential discrimination in structured employment interviews

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-38

  Miceli, Nicholas S ^a   Harvey, Michael ^b   Buckley, M Ronald ^c  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Discrimination; Selection; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744397972     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014430107659     Document Type: Review

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