Sing personality constructs to predict performance: Narrow or broad bandwidth

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-269

  Jenkins, Margaret ^a   Griffith, Richard ^b  

^a Brevard Community Coll   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Job analysis; Personality; Personnel selection; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744443966     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-004-0551-9     Document Type: Article

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