Faking on self-report emotional intelligence and personality tests: Effects of faking opportunity, cognitive ability, and job type

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-201

  Tett, Robert P ^a   Freund, Kurt A ^a   Christiansen, Neil D ^b   Fox, Kevin E ^c   Coaster, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Strategy and Foreclosure Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Faking; Personality testing; Trait specificity; Trait emotional intelligence; Trait job relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955165145     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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