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How Special Are Executives? How Special Should Executive Selection Be? Observations and Recommendations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Deniz S. Ones  and
Stephan Dilchert
Deniz S. Ones*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Stephan Dilchert*
Affiliation:
Baruch College, CUNY
*
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota; E-mail: deniz.s.ones-1@tc.umn.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Department of Management, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, E-mail: stephan.dilchert@baruch.cuny.edu, Address: Department of Management, Box B9-240, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, One Bernard Baruch Way, New York, NY 10010
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 163 - 170
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