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Protecting the Legal and Appropriate Use of Personality Testing: A Practitioner Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

John W. Jones*
Affiliation:
Vangent, Inc.
David W. Arnold*
Affiliation:
Wonderlic, Inc.
*
E-Mail: jack.jones@vangent.com or dave.arnold@wonderlic.com, Addresses: Vangent, Inc., One N. Dearborn, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60602 or Wonderlic, Inc., 1795 North Butterfield Road, Suite 200, Libertyville, IL 60048-1212
E-Mail: jack.jones@vangent.com or dave.arnold@wonderlic.com, Addresses: Vangent, Inc., One N. Dearborn, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60602 or Wonderlic, Inc., 1795 North Butterfield Road, Suite 200, Libertyville, IL 60048-1212

Abstract

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Type
Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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