Interviewers' sensitivity to impression management tactics in structured interviews

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-180

  Lievens, Filip ^a   Peeters, Helga ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behavior description interviews; Bias; Impression management tactics; Situational interviews; Structured interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549096622     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.3.174     Document Type: Article

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