Effects of perceived selection ratio on personality test faking

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1233-1244

  Robie, Chet ^a,b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faking; Motivation; Personality inventories; Personnel selection; Selection ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751440948     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.10.1233     Document Type: Article

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