Is the Political Skill Inventory Fit for Personnel Selection? An Experimental Field Study

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Schnitzler, Annalisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 77954130083     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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