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Comparing the validity and utility of behavior description interview versus assessment center ratings

Harel, Gedaliahu H.; Arditi‐Vogel, Anat; Janz, Tom - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 18 (2003) 2, pp. 94-104

two types of performance predictor: ratings from behavior description (BD) interviews and ratings from an assessment … center. The BD validity 0.53 compared favorably with the 0.62 obtained by the assessment center. Utility analyses that table … the financial return for investing in the more expensive assessment process under different levels of tenure, number of …

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Measuring person‐team fit: development and validation of the team selection inventory

St J. Burch, Giles; Anderson, Neil - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 19 (2004) 4, pp. 406-426

Further to the development of the team climate inventory (TCI), a multidimensional team‐level measure of team‐working style, this paper reports the development and psychometric validation of the team selection inventory (TSI), an individual‐level version of the TCI for use in selection....

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A survey of assessor beliefs and practices related to faking

Robie, Chet; Tuzinski, Kathleen A.; Bly, Paul R. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 21 (2006) 7, pp. 669-681

personality inventory in the individual assessment process. Design/methodology/approach – A survey approach was used in this … issues in the individual assessment process and is designed to garner immediate practical insights and ideas for future …

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The Role of Personality Testing in Managerial Selection

Dakin, Stephen; Nilakant, V.; Jensen, Ross - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 9 (1994) 5, pp. 3-11

Despite widespread evidence of low predictive and construct validity, personality testing is increasingly being used for the selection of managers. Notes that selection practices based on personality testing are not embedded in an explicit theory of performance. Based on available research...

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Methodological issues in assessing training effectiveness

Sadri, Golnaz; Snyder, Peggy F. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 10 (1995) 4, pp. 30-32

The basic aim of any training intervention is to effect some form of change. In assessing change that occurs after a period of training, researchers may tap one or all of three conceptually different kinds of change: alpha, beta and gamma. In alpha change, the participant′s report of change is...

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From learning styles to learning skills: the executive skills profile

Boyatzis, Richard E.; Kolb, David A. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 10 (1995) 5, pp. 3-17

than a framework of job performance or some other personality construct, provides a language and guidance for assessment …

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Evaluating a development centre

Leese, P.F.; Taylor, W.G.K. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 11 (1996) 6, pp. 28-39

Aims to explore factors which are thought to relate to the effectiveness of development centre processes. Studies a variety of attitudinal and motivational aspects concerned with attendance at, and benefit from, a development centre. The research was carried out using an instrument which was...

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Reflections

New, George E. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 11 (1996) 8, pp. 44-51

Provides a framework for the assessment of a person’s competencies. Describes three types of competence: job specific …

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Cognitive style as a factor influencing performance of business students across various assessment techniques

Kai‐Ming Au, Alan - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 12 (1997) 4, pp. 243-250

analyses revealed that both psychological tests appeared to be good indicators of students across various assessment techniques …. States that, in addition, there was a high correlation between the performance of students among various assessment … assessment methods, when students with a particular psychological predisposition tend to outperform their peers. …

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Creative performance on anin‐basket exercise

Cooper, Barrie L.; Clasen, Pamela; Silva‐Jalonen, Dora E. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 14 (1999) 1, pp. 39-57

Subjects provided creative responses to memoranda from an in‐basket exercise. In a 26 2 design, contingent/noncontingent extrinsic reward conditions were crossed with intrinsic motivation/no intrinsic motivation conditions. Results indicated that intrinsic motivation was associated with...

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