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No New Terrain: Reliability and Construct Validity of Job Performance Ratings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Deniz S. Ones*
Affiliation:
Florida International University
Chockalingam Viswesvaran
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Frank L. Schmidt
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
*
E-mail: deniz.s.ones-1@tc.umn.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

*

Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota

**

Department of Psychology, Florida International University

***

Department of Management and Organizations, University of Iowa

The order of authorship is arbitrary; all authors contributed equally to this manuscript

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