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Making Assessment Centers Work the Way They Are Supposed To

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Ann Howard*
Affiliation:
Development Dimensions International
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E-mail: ann.howard@ddiworld.com, Address: Development Dimensions International, 1225 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017-2838

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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