Personality assessment across selection and development contexts: Insights into response distortion

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 386-395

  Ellingson, Jill E ^a,c   Sackett, Paul R ^b   Connelly, Brian S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Organization contexts; Personality; Response distortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 33947384212     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.2.386     Document Type: Article

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