Tailoring the Overclaiming Technique to Capture Faking Behaviour in Applied Settings: A Field Study of Firefighter Applicants

In this study, we investigate the Overclaiming Questionnaire (OCQ) as a means of identifying faking behaviour in a sample of firefighter applicants. The OCQ asks respondents to report their knowledge of a set of items, some of which are fake (i.e., non-existent) items; thus claims of knowledge of th...

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Main Authors: Dunlop, P., McNeill, I., Jorritsma, Karina
Format: Conference Paper
Published: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69624