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Content Validation Is Fundamental for Optimizing the Criterion Validity of Personality Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Thomas A. O'Neill ,
Richard D. Goffin  and
Robert P. Tett
Thomas A. O'Neill*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario
Richard D. Goffin
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario
Robert P. Tett
Affiliation:
The University of Tulsa
*
E-mail: toneill7@uwo.ca, Address: Department of Psychology, Social Science Center, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario, Canada N6A-5 C2
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 509 - 513
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Department of Psychology, Social Science Center, The University of Western Ontario

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Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa.

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