Interviewers' perceptions of impression management in employment interviews

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-163

  Roulin, Nicolas ^a   Bangerter, Adrian ^b   Levashina, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment interview; Faking; Impression management; Personnel selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896262706     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-10-2012-0295     Document Type: Article

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