Analyzing judgments of ethnically diverse applicants during personnel selection: A study at the Dutch police

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-152

  De Meijer, Lonneke A L ^a   Ph Born, Marise ^b   Van Zielst, Jaap ^b   Van Der Molen, Henk T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34250176932     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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