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Making selection tests work better for disabled job applicants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2024

Dustin Maneethai*
Affiliation:
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Lars U. Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
*
Corresponding author: Dustin Maneethai; Email: dmaneeth@gmail.com

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