Examining Corporate Reputation Judgments With Generalizability Theory

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 782-789

  Highhouse, Scott ^a   Broadfoot, Alison ^a   Yugo, Jennifer E ^a   Devendorf, Shelba A ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Personnel Decisions Research Institutes   (United States)

Author keywords

construct validity; corporate reputation; generalizability theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 65649113234     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013934     Document Type: Article

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