Potential effects of faking on the NEO-PI-R: Willingness and ability to fake changes who gets hired in simulated selection decisions

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-259

  Winkelspecht, Christopher ^a   Lewis, Philip ^a,b   Thomas, Adrian ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faking good; NEO PI R; Response distortion; Selection decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750742761     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-006-9027-4     Document Type: Article

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