The great eight competencies: A criterion-centric approach to validation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1185-1203

  Bartram, Dave ^a,b  

^a SHL Group   (United Kingdom)

^b SHL Group Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency models; Meta analysis; Personality; Validation

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

APTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 29444459008     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.6.1185     Document Type: Review

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