Recruiters' inferences of applicant personality based on resume screening: Do paper people have a personality?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Cole, Michael S ^a   Feild, Hubert S ^b   Giles, William F ^b   Harris, Stanley G ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality; Personnel selection; Recruitment; Resumes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350621645     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-008-9086-9     Document Type: Article

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