Validity, utility, and adverse impact: Practical implications from 30 years of data

Adverse Impact: Implications for Organizational Staffing and High Stakes Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 271-288

  Cascio, Wayne F ^a   Jacobs, Rick ^b   Silva, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EB Jacobs ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84909579814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848418     Document Type: Chapter

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