Faking personality questionnaires in personnel selection

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 729-742

  Dalen, Lindy H ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a   Roberts, Antony D ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Personality; Questionnaires; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043510     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710110401428     Document Type: Article

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