Personnel Selection as a Signaling Game

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-738

  Bangerter, Adrian ^a   Roulin, Nicolas ^a   König, Cornelius J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Faking; Information exchange; Personnel selection; Signaling theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84868663581     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026078     Document Type: Article

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