Competency-Based Assessment Center Design: A Case Study

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-314

  Melancon, Sylvia C ^a   Williams, Martha S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment center; competency based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990338806     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422305286157     Document Type: Article

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