Social desirability in a multimodal personnel selection test battery

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-261

  Kanning, Uwe ^a   Kuhne, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 33747065906     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320600625872     Document Type: Article

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