In support of personality assessment in organizational settings

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 995-1027

  Ones, Deniz S ^a   Dilchert, Stephan ^a   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^b   Judge, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 36148999844     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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