A survey of assessor beliefs and practices related to faking

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 669-681

  Robie, Chet ^a   Tuzinski, Kathleen A ^b   Bly, Paul R ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Research Department   (United States)

^c Thomson Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Individual behaviour; Personality; Psychological tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749339278     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610690204     Document Type: Article

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