On reconciling conflicting meta-analytic findings regarding integrity test validity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 550-556

  Sackett, Paul R ^a   Schmitt, Neal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterproductive work behavior; Integrity testing; Job performance; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD;

ETHICS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84867071442     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028167     Document Type: Article

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