Illustrating a hierarchical approach for selecting personality traits in personnel decisions: An application of the 3M model

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Harris, Eric G ^a   Lee, James M ^b  

^a FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee selection; hierarchical models; personality; salesperson

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544301206     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBU.0000040272.84608.83     Document Type: Article

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