Initial Evaluations in the Interview: Relationships with Subsequent Interviewer Evaluations and Employment Offers

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1163-1172

  Barrick, Murray R ^a   Swider, Brian W ^a   Stewart, Greg L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment interview; First impression; Impression management; Rapport building; Self presentation tactics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049480143     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019918     Document Type: Article

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