Integrity testing, personality, and design: Interpreting the personnel reaction blank

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-295

  Byle, Kevin A ^a   Holtgraves, Thomas M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrity testing; Measurement; Personality; Response distortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649087951     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-008-9059-z     Document Type: Article

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