Specific aptitude theory revisited: Is there incremental validity for training performance?

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-100

  Brown, Kenneth G ^a,b   Le, Huy ^a   Schmidt, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33845416882     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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