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The Ideal Point Model in Action: How the Use of Computer Adaptive Personality Scales Benefits Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Tracy M. Kantrowitz*
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Kathy A. Tuzinski
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E-mail: tkantrowitz@previsor.com, Address: PreVisor, 1805 Old Alabama Road, Suite 150, Roswell, GA 30076

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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