Evaluating the evaluators: Perceptions of interviewers by rejected job applicants as a function of interviewer and applicant sex

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2635-2648

  Holloway, Rebecca ^a   Johnston, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33749553109     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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