Overqualified Job Applicants: We Still Need Predictive Models

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-242

  Fine, Saul ^a   Nevo, Baruch ^b  

^a Midot Ltd   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84867688441     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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