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When Correcting for Unreliability of Job Performance Ratings, the Best Estimate Is Still .52

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Winny Shen ,
Jeffrey M. Cucina ,
Philip T. Walmsley  and
Benjamin K. Seltzer
Winny Shen*
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Jeffrey M. Cucina
Affiliation:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Philip T. Walmsley
Affiliation:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Benjamin K. Seltzer
Affiliation:
Washington & Jefferson College
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 519 - 524
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2014

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