Relevance and Rigor in Research on the Applicant's Perspective: In Pursuit of Pragmatic Science

The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-305

  Imus, Anna L ^a   Ryan, Ann Marie ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perspective research; Relevance; Summary of summaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046053059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164221.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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