Faking on Personality Measures: Implications for selection involving multiple predictors

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-60

  Converse, Patrick D ^a   Peterson, Mitchell H ^a   Griffith, Richard L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 60449120534     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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