Cognitive abilities

Handbook of Employee Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 255-275

  Ones, Deniz S ^a   Dilchert, Stephan ^b   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^c   Salgado, Jesús F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809808     Document Type: Chapter

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