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Personality testing and the Americans With Disabilities Act: An applicant/employee perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2019

Rachel Williamson Smith Open the ORCID record for Rachel Williamson Smith [Opens in a new window] ,
Anna L. Hulett  and
Jessica L. Maples-Keller
Rachel Williamson Smith
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
Anna L. Hulett
Affiliation:
Booz Allen Hamilton,
Jessica L. Maples-Keller
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 167 - 171
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