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The Construct Behind Content Validity: New Approaches to a Better Understanding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Maik Spengler*
Affiliation:
S & F Personalpsychologie Managementberatung GmbH
Petra Gelléri
Affiliation:
Hohenheim University
Heinz Schuler
Affiliation:
Hohenheim University
*
E-mail: spengler@personalpsychologie.de, Address: S & F Personalpsychologie Managementberatung GmbH, Hackländerstraße 17, D-70184 Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Footnotes

*

Hohenheim University, Chair for Psychology (540F)

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