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Individual Psychological Assessment: The Poster Child of Blended Science and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Joy Fisher Hazucha*
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Anuradha Ramesh
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Maynard Goff
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Stu Crandell
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Charlotte Gerstner
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Elaine Sloan
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Jurgen Bank
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
Paul Van Katwyk
Affiliation:
PDI Ninth House
*
E-mail: joy.hazucha@pdininthhouse.com, Address: PDI Ninth House, 33 South 6th Street, Suite 4900, Minneapolis, MN 55402

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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