Individual assessments for personnel selection: An update on a rarely researched but avidly practiced practice

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-195

  Kwaske, Ilianna Hevia ^a  

^a Stephen A Laser Associates   (United States)

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EID: 4644240263     PISSN: 10614087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1065-9293.56.3.0     Document Type: Review

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