External Selection II

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CHAPTER 9

• External Selection II

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Substantive Assessment Methods

• Tests
• Interest, values, and preference inventories
• Structured interviews
• Assessment for team and quality environments
• Clinical assessments

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Personality Tests

• TYPES
• -MMPI
• -The Big Five (5-Factor Model)
• -MBTI
• MEASURES
• -NEO-PI, HPI, PCI
• EVALUATION

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Ability Tests

• Cognitive Ability Tests
• Measures of Cognitive Ability
• Evaluation
• Limitations
• Psychomotor Ability Tests
• Physical Abilities
• Sensory/Perceptual Abilities Tests
• Computer Testing

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More Substantive Assessment Methods

• Job Knowledge Tests
• Performance Tests and Work Samples
• Integrity Tests
• Interests, Values, and Preference Inventories

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Structured Interview

• Characteristics
• Evaluation
• Future Uses

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Constructing a Structured Interview

• Job Requirements Matrix
• The Selection Plan
• The Structured Interview Plan
• Selection and Training of Interviewers

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The Structured Interview Plan

• Constructing Questions
• Constructing Benchmark Responses
• Weighting the Importance of the Questions

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• Assessment for Team and Quality Environments
• Clinical assessments

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Choice of Substantive Assessment Methods (See ex.
9.19, p 463)

• Use
• Cost
• Reliability
• Validity
• Utility
• Applicant Reactions
• Adverse Impact

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Contingent Assessment Methods

• Drug Testing
• Medical Exams

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Legal Issues--UGESP

• Summary
• Scope
• Discrimination defined
• Suitable alternative selection procedures
• Information on adverse impact
• Evaluation of selection rates
• Adverse impact and the 4/5ths rule
• Validity
• Affirmative Action