Selecting unskilled and semi-skilled blue-collar workers: The criterion-related validity of the PDI-employment inventory

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-340

  Carless, Sally A ^a   Fewings Hall, Shannon ^a   Hall, Margaret ^a   Hay, Margaret ^a   Hemsworth, Paul H ^b   Coleman, Grahame J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 34547911104     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2007.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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