Recommendations for improving the construct clarity of higher-order multidimensional constructs

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 62-72

  Johnson, Russell E ^a   Rosen, Christopher C ^b   Chang, Chu Hsiang Daisy ^a   Djurdjevic, Emilija ^b   Taing, Meng U ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Core self evaluation; Criterion related validity; Multidimensional constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859895510     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2011.11.006     Document Type: Review

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