They're right, well... mostly right: Research evidence and an agenda to rescue personality testing from 1960s insights

Human Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-387

  Hough, Leaetta M ^a,c   Oswald, Frederick L ^b  

^a Dunnette Group Ltd   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 27744593830     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1804_4     Document Type: Review

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