Reducing counterproductive work behavior through employee selection

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-72

  MacLane, Charles N ^a   Walmsley, Philip T ^b  

^a CorCompetencies ^*  (United States)

^b US Office of Personnel Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Biographical data; Counterproductive work behavior; Job performance; Personality; Personnel selection; Testing; Workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450280755     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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