On the distribution of job performance: The role of measurement characteristics in observed departures from normality

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 531-566

  Beck, James W ^a   Beatty, Adam S ^b   Sackett, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84890408805     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12060     Document Type: Article

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