Practitioner reactions to work-related psychological tests

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 549-565

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Jackson, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Practitioner; Psychological tests; Psychometric tests; Test bias; Workplace assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054031505     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941111164472     Document Type: Article

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