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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

March '09 Journal of Applied Psychology


The March 2009 issue of J.A.P. is out with a lot of great content; for example:

To maximize diversity and validity, try recruiting on cognitive ability and selecting on conscientiousness

In a multistage assessment scenario (which exists for practically every hire), there are several options for maximizing diversity and validity

What determines the success of word of mouth recruitment strategies? Turns out, several things...
(read the draft version here and see Van Hoye's IPAC presentation here)

Interested in improving your T&Es? Check out what this study has to say about self and supervisory agreement of performance ratings.

More clues about what GMA is all about

How P-E fit is related to performance dimensions such as OCB

The importance of job offer negotiation: Subjective value predicts long-term employee outcomes

Posted by BryanB at 3/17/2009

Labels: Adverse impact, Cognitive ability, EEO, P-O fit, Personality testing, Recruiting, Research, T and E, Validity

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