An investigation into assessment centre validity, fairness, and selection drivers

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-235

  Petrides, K V ^a   Weinstein, Yana ^a   Chou, Jenny ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^a   Swami, Viren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment centres; Industrial organisational psychology; Personality assessment; Personnel selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149454663     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049531003667380     Document Type: Article

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