Job and organizational characteristics: A construct evaluation of applicant perceptions

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 328-341

  Carless, Sally A ^a   Imber, Amantha ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applicant perspectives; Job and organizational characteristics; Multigroup CFA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147148516     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406292040     Document Type: Article

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