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Title:

The Oxford handbook of personnel assessment and selection / edited by Neal Schmitt.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvii, 973 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Ability--Testing.
Prediction of occupational success.
Employee selection.
Employee selection--Methodology.--Methodology.
Ability--Testing.
Employee selection.
Prediction of occupational success.

Other Authors:

American College Testing Program, donor. IaU
Schmitt, Neal, editor.

Notes:

"An Oxford University Press paperback." Originally published: 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Introduction and overview. Conceptual outline of the handbook of assessment and selection -- pt. 2. Historical and social context of selection and the nature of individual differences. A history of personnel selection and assessment -- Individual differences -- The social and organizational context of personnel selection -- Employee recruitment : current knowledge and suggestions for future research -- pt. 3. Research strategies. The concept of validity and the process of validation -- Job analysis for knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics, predictor measures, and performance outcomes -- Organizational strategy and staffing -- Meta-analysis as a validity summary tool -- pt. 4. Individual difference construct. Cognitive abilities -- Nature and use of personality in selection -- Person-environment fit in the selection process -- The assessment of physical capabilities in the workplace -- Using composite predictors in personnel selection -- pt. 5. Measures of predictor constructs. The selection interview from the interviewer and applicant perspectives : can't have one without the other -- Background data : use of experiential knowledge in personnel selection -- Simulations -- Individual psychological assessment -- Self-reports for employee selection -- Predictive bias in work and educational settings -- Web-based assessments -- pt. 6. Performance and outcomes assessment. Supervisory performance ratings -- The use of objective measures as criteria in i/o psychology -- A review of citizenship and counterproductive behaviors in organizational decision-making -- Assessment of voluntary turnover in organizations : answering the questions of why, who, and how much -- Adaptive performance and trainability as criteria in selection research -- Occupational safety -- pt. 7. Societal and organizational constraints on selection -- Applicant reactions to testing and selection -- Multilevel selection and the paradox of sustained competitive advantage -- Legal constraints on personnel selection decisions -- Time in personnel selection -- Personnel selection across the globe -- Employee value : combining utility analysis with strategic human resource management research to yield strong theory -- "retooling" evidence-based staffing : extending the validation paradigm using management mental models -- Workplace diversity -- Team selection -- Selection out : how firms choose workers to lay off -- Contingent workers : who are they and how can we select them for success? -- pt. 8. Implementation and sustainability of selection systems -- Implementation issues in employee selection testing -- The life cycle of successful selection programs -- pt. 9. Conclusions and future directions. Theoretical and practical issues : research needs.

Summary:

This handbook distills the science and practice of employee selection. Bringing together over 40 chapters, this volume includes essential information about the validation process, individual difference constructs and measures, and performance outcomes and measures.

Series:

Oxford library of psychology

ISBN:

0199366292
9780199366293

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864787536

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)