The General Factor of Personality in selection and assessment samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 641-645

  Van der Linden, Dimitri ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Serlie, Alec W ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Big Five; General Factor of Personality; Overall Assessment Rating; Selection and assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960429844     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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