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It Is Not Yet Time to Dismiss Dimensions in Assessment Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Klaus G. Melchers*
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Cornelius J. König
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
*
E-mail: k.melchers@psychologie.uzh.ch, Address: Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/12, CH-8050 Zürich, Switzerland

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

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Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich

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