Adverse impact: History and evolution

Adverse Impact: Implications for Organizational Staffing and High Stakes Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-27

  Zedeck, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84909643687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848418     Document Type: Chapter

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