Comparing the validity of structured interviews for managerial-level employees: Should we look to the past or focus on the future?

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-432

  Krajewski, Henryk T ^a   Goffin, Richard D ^b   McCarthy, Julie M ^c   Rothstein, Mitchell G ^d   Johnston, Norman ^e  

^a MICA Consulting Partners Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Private Practice   (Canada)

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EID: 33748299356     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: 09631798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317905X68790     Document Type: Article

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