Choosing between a rock and a hard place when data are scarce and the questions important: Reply to Hollenbeck, DeRue, and Mannor (2006)

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-8

  Peterson, Randall S ^a   Smith, D Brent ^b,d   Martorana, Paul V ^c,e  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality; Research methods; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344459765     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.1.6     Document Type: Review

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