The Uniform Guidelines Are a Detriment to the Field of Personnel Selection

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 494-514

  Mcdaniel, Michael A ^a   Kepes, Sven ^a   Banks, George C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857282269     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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