A review of recent developments in integrity test research

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-301

  Berry, Christopher M ^a,b,c   Sackett, Paul R ^a   Wiemann, Shelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547169388     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00074.x     Document Type: Review

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