Which of the following is a persons capacity to understand and use written and spoken language?

MGT 303

Human Resource Management

Miami University-Oxford

the degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over a period of time. -also refers to the extent to which two or more methods yield similar results or are consistent

refers to what a test or other selection procedure measures and how well it measures it

criterion-related validity

the extent to which a selection tool predicts, or significantly correlates with, important elements of work behavior or performance

a criterion-related validity study that seeks to establish an empirical relationship between applicants' test scores and their eventual performance on the job

a criterion-related validity study in which a test is administered to all the people currently in a job and then incumbents' scores are correlated with existing measures of their performance on the job

a test-validation strategy performed by demonstrating that the items, questions, or problems posed by a test are a representative sample of the kinds of situations or problems that may occur on the job

why is predictive validation superior to concurrent validation

1. job applicants are typically motivated to perform well on the tests than are current employees 2. current employees have learned many things on the job that applicants have not yet learned 3. current employees tend to be homogeneous

limitations to content validity

1. the person who is hired must have the knowledge, skills, or abilities at the time he or she is hired 2. subjective judgment plays such a large role in content validation

generalizability (validity generalization)

the degree to which the validity of a selection method established in one context extends to other contexts

the degree to which the information provided by selection methods enhances the effectiveness of selecting personnel in real organizations. -impacted by reliability, validity, and generalizability

all selection methods must conform to existing laws and legal precedents

a dialogue initiated by one or more people to gather info and evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for employment. most widely used selection method, although research suggests it can be unreliable, low in validity, and biased against a number of groups

behavioral based interviewing

question to determine core characteristics

what core characteristics does behavioral based interviewing seek to determine

-cognitive skills -administrative skills -communication skills -interpersonal skills -motivations skills -leadership skills -adjustment skills

differentiate individuals based on their mental rather than physical capacities. -one drawback is they have adverse effects on minority groups

refers to a person's capacity to understand and use written and spoken language

concerns the speed and accuracy at which one can solve arithmetic problems

refers to a person's capacity to invent solutions to many diverse problems

categorize individuals relative to what they can do. -tend to categorize individuals by what they are like *not recommended as a selection method b/c it is very difficult to establish reliability and validity

attempt to simulate the job in a pre-hiring context to observe how the applicant performs in the simulated job

process in which multiple raters evaluate employees' performance on a number of exercises

not very reliable or valid

tend to be reliable and valid

What is a person's capacity to understand and use written and spoken language?

Which of these is defined as the degree to which the validity of a selection method established in one context extends to other contexts?

Which of the following are among the five major dimensions measured in a personality inventory select all that apply multiple select question?

Which of the following are among the five major dimensions measured in a personality inventory?