Open Peer Commentary and Author'S Response

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“…Given that situations in SJTs are usually only briefly described and thus open to interpretation, these authors suggested that individuals differ in the situation construals they make on the basis of situational cues in SJTs. Furthermore, Brown et al suggested that individual differences in the perception of situational cues in SJTs (i.e., situation construal) might be pivotal for understanding test-takers' responses to SJT items (see also Mussel, Schäpers, Schulz, Schulze, & Krumm, 2017;Schäpers, Mussel et al, 2019).…”

Section: A Closer Look At Situations In Sjtsmentioning

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Is it all in the eye of the beholder? The importance of situation construal for situational judgment test performance

Freudenstein

Schäpers

Roemer

et al. 2020

Personnel Psychology

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Recent research challenges the importance of situation descriptions for situational judgment test (SJT) performance. This study contributes to resolving the ongoing debate on whether SJTs are situational measures, by incorporating findings on person × situation interactions into SJT research. Specifically, across three studies (N Total = 1,239), we first tested whether situation construal (i.e., the individual perception of situations in SJTs) predicts responses to SJT items. Second, we assessed whether the relevance of situation construal for SJT performance depends on test elements (i.e., situation descriptions and response options) and item features (i.e., description-dependent vs. description-independent SJT items). Lastly, we determined whether situation construal has incremental validity for job-related criteria over and above SJT performance. The results showed that, for most SJT items, situation construal significantly contributed to SJT performance, even if only response options were available. This was also true for SJT items that are significantly more difficult to solve when situation descriptions are omitted (i.e., description-dependent SJT items). Finally, situation construal explained variance in relevant criteria over and above SJT performance. Despite recent efforts to reconceptualize SJTs, our results suggest that they can still be viewed as situational measures. However, situation descriptions may be less crucial for these underlying This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Section: A Closer Look At Situations In Sjtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is it all in the eye of the beholder? The importance of situation construal for situational judgment test performance

Freudenstein

Schäpers

Roemer

et al. 2020

Personnel Psychology

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“…That is, the ongoing debate on the context-(in)dependency of SJTs has mainly addressed test takers' general domain knowledge (e.g., Lievens & Motowidlo, 2016) and, relatedly, their implicit trait policies (Motowidlo, Hooper, & Jackson, 2006) as well as broad personality dimensions and cognitive ability (Ziegler & Horstmann, 2017). These approaches may be complemented by more fine-grained knowledge about aspects of SJTs that activate these personal attributes.…”

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A closer look at response options: Is judgment in situational judgment tests a function of the desirability of response options?

Kaminski

Felfe

Schäpers

et al. 2019

Int J Selection Assessment

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The current study builds on the current scholarly debate about SJTs potentially being less situational than previously assumed. Specifically, we respond to recent calls to examine general (situation unspecific) information included in response options as a guide to SJT responses. Across three consecutive studies and three different forms of SJT administration (standard, without situation descriptions, under fake‐good instructions), the relevance of social desirability of response options on SJT responses was examined. Results suggest that social desirability of response options is significantly related to test takers’ response. This finding generalized across different forms of SJT administration. Across studies and together with the plausibility of response options, desirability explained about one‐third of reliable variance in test takers’ response to an SJT. Implications for SJT theory and development are discussed.

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“…By observing interindividual differences in expressed agentic behavior (within the relevant exercises), it was then possible to draw conclusions about assessees' assertiveness skill levels. Such assessed individual differences in social skills refer to maximal performance (i.e., what someone is capable of doing when it matters) and should not be equated with individual differences in personality traits (i.e., what someone tends to do in general, typical performance; Breil et al, 2017;Soto et al, in press).…”

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Measuring Distinct Social Skills via Multiple Speed Assessments – A Behavior-Focused Personnel Selection Approach

Breil¹,

Forthmann²,

Back³

2021

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Social skills (e.g., persuading others, showing compassion, staying calm) are of key importance in work and education settings. Accordingly, the goal of many selection processes is to identify candidates who excel in desired skills. For this, high-fidelity simulations such as assessment centers (ACs) are regarded as ideal procedures because they can be used to evoke, observe, and evaluate candidates’ actual behavior. However, research has repeatedly shown that observed performance differences in ACs are not sufficiently driven by the specific skill dimensions that are defined for assessment. Building on multiple speed assessments and incorporating insights from behavioral personality science, we offer an alternative approach for the reliable and valid assessment of distinct social skills. We hereby (a) selected skills on the basis of a bottom-up analysis of observable and distinguishable interpersonal behaviors and (b) specifically designed exercises around these skills (i.e., one skill per exercise, multiple exercises per skill). Here, we present initial results of this newly developed procedure across three samples in a high-stakes selection context (N = 589). Generalizability theory analyses showed that a substantial amount of variance in assessor ratings could be attributed to the selected skills. This underlines the importance of more behaviorally focused selection procedures.

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Open Peer Commentary and Author'S Response

Cited by 13 publications

References 261 publications

Is it all in the eye of the beholder? The importance of situation construal for situational judgment test performance

Is it all in the eye of the beholder? The importance of situation construal for situational judgment test performance

A closer look at response options: Is judgment in situational judgment tests a function of the desirability of response options?

Measuring Distinct Social Skills via Multiple Speed Assessments – A Behavior-Focused Personnel Selection Approach

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