The employment selection interview: Disparity among research-based recommendations, current practices and what matters to human rights tribunals

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-44

  Simola, Sheldene K ^a   Taggar, Simon ^b   Smith, Geoffrey W ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment interview; Human resources professionals; Human rights tribunals; Interview structure; Job analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547305048     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.4     Document Type: Article

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