Group Differences and Personnel Decisions: Validity, Fairness, and Affirmative Action.

Campbell, John P.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Group Differences and Personnel Decisions: Validity, Fairness, and Affirmative Action.

Campbell, John P.

Journal of Vocational Behavior, v49 n2 p122-58 Oct 1996

This review of research from 1991-96 on fair employment concerns highlights critical issues: interpretation of group differences in cognitive ability, effect of these differences on personnel decisions, and the efficacy of affirmative action. (118 references) (SK)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employment Practices, Environmental Influences, Groups, Heredity, Intelligence, Personnel Selection

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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