Using a meta-analytic perspective to enhance job component validation

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-552

  Steel, Piers ^a,c   Kammeyer Mueller, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 68949127098     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2009.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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