It's not what you are, it's what you know: Experience, beliefs, and the detection of deception in employment interviews

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-479

  Reinhard, Marc André ^a   Scharmach, Martin ^a   Müller, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875336397     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2013.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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