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The Construct Validity of the Assessment Center Method and Usefulness of Dimensions as Focal Constructs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Deborah E. Rupp ,
George C. Thornton III  and
Alyssa M. Gibbons
Deborah E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
George C. Thornton III
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Alyssa M. Gibbons
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
*
E-mail: derupp@uiuc.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 504 E. Armory Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 116 - 120
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

**

Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

All authors contributed equally to this paper

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