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Operational validity/correlation coefficients are still valid for evaluating selection procedure effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2024

In-Sue Oh Open the ORCID record for In-Sue Oh [Opens in a new window]  and
Huy Le
In-Sue Oh*
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Huy Le
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Alvarez College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Corresponding author: In-Sue Oh; Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 296 - 302
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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