Retesting After Initial Failure, Coaching Rumors, and Warnings Against Faking in Online Personality Measures for Selection

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 202-210

  Landers, Richard N ^a   Sackett, Paul R ^b   Tuzinski, Kathy A ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PreVisor   (United States)

Author keywords

Faking; Impression management; Job applicants; Personality measurement; Personnel selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

DECEPTION; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 79251473373     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020375     Document Type: Article

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