Selection criteria and the impact of personality on getting hired

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 521-535

  Moy, Jane W ^a   Lam, Kim F ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Graduates; Hong Kong; Personality; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744238008     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410550134     Document Type: Article

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