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Studying Personnel and Organizational Judgments as Judgments Requires Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Kenneth E. Sumner*
Affiliation:
Montclair State University
Jennifer Bragger
Affiliation:
Montclair State University
Edwin Om
Affiliation:
Montclair State University
Daniel Malandruccolo
Affiliation:
Montclair State University
*
E-mail: sumnerk@mail.montclair.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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Footnotes

*

Department of Psychology, Montclair State University.

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