Recent Posts Tagged With 'perceptions'

• Setting cutoff scores on personality tests

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 08:29 in research, perceptions, faking, personality testing, cutoff scores

  What's the best way to set a cutoff score for a personality test, knowing that some candidates inflate their score? It all depends on your goal. Are you trying to maximize validity or minimize the impact of inflation?According to a research study by...

• Explain away

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 10:34 in research, statistics, perceptions, meta-analysis, p-o fit

  Of all the low-hanging fruit in recruitment and selection, perhaps none are easier to implement than explaining your process. It's shocking how few selection processes are fully (and coherently) explained, not just in terms of getting from point A t...

• September '09 IJSA

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 23:26 in research, recruiting, web tools, perceptions, biodata, personality testing, meta-analysis, cognitive ability, assessment centers, p-o fit

  The September 2009 issue of IJSA (International Journal of Selection and Assessment) is chalk full of good stuff. Let's dive in.1) An important update of the "guidelines and ethical considerations for assessment center operations"--a must for anyone...

• The red clothing effect

  Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 07:00 in interviews, perceptions, gender differences

  A little fun for our Friday...I'm not a big fan of interviews. Particularly ones that are unstructured (e.g., different questions for different candidates, no rating scales, etc.).Why? Aside from the fact that research has shown them to be much les...

• Real world value of strategic HRM practices

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 08:33 in leadership, research, perceptions, hrm

  In my last post I talked about two articles from the most recent issue of Personnel Psychology (August, 2008) that had to do with adverse impact.In today's post I'd like to talk about three of the other articles in that issue that all have to do with...

• Unproctored internet testing: Safe for some tests?

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 08:09 in statistics, recruiting, interviews, perceptions, personality testing, cognitive ability, assessment centers, internet-based testing

  One of the biggest trends in personnel assessment is the movement toward on-line testing. Many organizations are experimenting with so called unproctored Internet testing (UIT), where candidates are allowed to take the exams whenever, and wherever, ...

• B = f (P,E)

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 08:21 in discrimination, perceptions

  One of the most famous axioms in social psychology is what's sometimes called "Lewin's equation" (after the famous psychologist Kurt Lewin): behavior is a function of both the person and the environment. This equation is good to keep in mind when lo...

• Providing test information helps reactions

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 05:02 in statistics, stress, perceptions, personality testing

  Providing applicants with pre-test information and preparation material may not help them pass, but it helps those that don't pass feel better about the process. These were the results of a study by Burns, Siers, and Christiansen reported in the Marc...