Development and Validation of a Situational Judgment Test of Emotional Intelligence

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-73

  Sharma, Sudeep ^a   Gangopadhyay, Mugdha ^b   Austin, Elizabeth ^c   Mandal, Manas K ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84873512805     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12017     Document Type: Article

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