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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  and
Cornelius J. König
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
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 125 - 127
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich

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