Is utility really futile? A failure to replicate and an extension.

This study addresses the effects of the provision of information on the reliability and validity of selection procedures and the effects of test-taker attitudes (i.e., belief in tests and comparative anxiety) on fairness perceptions. Prior to an actual selection process, applicants (N 118) were given either information about the reliability and validity of various selection procedures or no information. Next, they evaluated the fairness of eight selection procedures. No significant effect of selection information was found. Belief in tests had significant effects, with applicants high on test belief giving higher fairness ratings than applicants low on test belief. In addition, an interaction effect between test belief and selection procedure was found. For example, test belief had larger effects on fairness for structured interviews, personality inventories, and cognitive ability tests. No significant effect of comparative anxiety on fairness was found.

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Applicant Perceptions of Selection Procedures: The Role of Selection Information, Belief in Tests, and Comparative Anxiety

Lievens

Corte

Brysse

2003

Int J Selection Assessment

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Choosing How to Choose: Institutional Pressures Affecting the Adoption of Personnel Selection Procedures

Klehe¹

2004

Int J Selection Assessment

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The gap between science and practice in personnel selection is an ongoing concern of human resource management. This paper takes Oliver's (1991) framework of organizations' strategic responses to institutional pressures as a basis for outlining the diverse economic and social demands that facilitate or inhibit the application of scientifically recommended selection procedures. Faced with a complex network of multiple requirements, practitioners make more diverse choices in response to any of these pressures than has previously been acknowledged in the scientific literature.

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Is utility really futile? A failure to replicate and an extension.

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Applicant Perceptions of Selection Procedures: The Role of Selection Information, Belief in Tests, and Comparative Anxiety

Applicant Perceptions of Selection Procedures: The Role of Selection Information, Belief in Tests, and Comparative Anxiety

Choosing How to Choose: Institutional Pressures Affecting the Adoption of Personnel Selection Procedures

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