Introduction and empirical assessment of executive functioning as a predictor of job performance

PsyCh Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-85

  Culbertson, Satoris S ^a   Huffcutt, Allen I ^b   Goebl, Allen P ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee selection; executive functioning; general mental ability; inhibition; set shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937931799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20460260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.20     Document Type: Article

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