Predicting law enforcement officer job performance with the personality assessment inventory

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-261

  Lowmaster, Sara E ^a   Morey, Leslie C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84859993467     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.648295     Document Type: Article

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