Walking the walk and talking the talk: Gender differences in the impact of interviewing skills on applicant assessments

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-384

  Goldberg, Caren ^a   Cohen, Debra J ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soc for Human Resource Management ^*

Author keywords

Applicant gender; Impression management; Interview skills; Nonverbal skills; Verbal skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542619979     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601103257408     Document Type: Article

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