Candidate characteristics driving initial impressions during rapport building: Implications for employment interview validity

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-352

  Barrick, Murray R ^a   Dustin, Susan L ^b   Giluk, Tamara L ^c   Stewart, Greg L ^d   Shaffer, Jonathan A ^e   Swider, Brian W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860680379     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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