Carelessness and discriminability in work role requirement judgments: Influences of role ambiguity and cognitive complexity

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-625

  Dierdorff, Erich C ^a   Rubin, Robert S ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548435684     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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