Selection test anxiety: Investigating applicants' self- vs other-referenced anxiety in a real selection setting

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-26

  Proost, Karin ^a   Derous, Eva ^b   Schreurs, Bert ^a   Hagtvet, Knut A ^c   De Witte, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 38549090999     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2008.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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