Impact of face validity and information about the assessment process on test motivation and performance;Impact de la relation entre la validité apparente et l'information relative AU processus de recrutement sur le test de motivation et la performance

Travail Humain

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-336

  Derous, E ^a   Born, M Ph ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Selection Treatment; Test Motivation; Test Performance; Test Taking Reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844459511     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/th.684.0317     Document Type: Review

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