Correlations among applicants' communication apprehension, argumentativeness, and verbal aggressiveness in selection interviews

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 804-808

  Simmons, Donna ^a   Lamude, Kevin G ^a   Scudder, Joseph ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB FINDING; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4243115165     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3.804     Document Type: Article

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