A general factor of personality, social desirability, cognitive ability, and the survey of work styles in an employment selection setting

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-144

  Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   MacDougall, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Research Psychologists Press   (Canada)

Author keywords

General factor of personality; Intelligence; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867700582     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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