Development engagement within and following developmental assessment centers: Considering feedback favorability and self-assessor agreement

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-759

  Woo, Sang E ^a   Sims, Carra S ^b   Rupp, Deborah E ^a   Gibbons, Alyssa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

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EID: 55349085104     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2008.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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