Applicant reactions to multiple selection procedures for the police force

Applied Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-167

  Carless, Sally A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33644783597     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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