{"id":151,"date":"2026-07-17T19:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wliu.com\/en\/research\/publications\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:01:28","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wliu.com\/en\/research\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilliland, Stephen W., Wei (William) Liu, and Dirk D. Steiner. \u201cApplicant Reactions to Testing and Selection.\u201d In <em>The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection<\/em>, Second Edition.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/9780197809013.003.0029\">View the publication DOI<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Publications Gilliland, Stephen W., Wei (William) Liu, and Dirk D. 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