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Investigating the dark side of personality: A case for derailer assessment in police

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2023

Chase A. Winterberg*
Affiliation:
Hogan Assessments/The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
Peter D. Harms
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
*
*Corresponding author: Email: cwinterberg@hoganassessments.com

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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