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The Blackwell handbook of personnel selection
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Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2005
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9781405117029

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Summary

The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection provides a state-of-the-art review of theory, research, and professional practice in the field of selection and assessment.
Reviews research and practical developments in all of the main selection methods, including interviews, psychometric tests, assessment centres, and work sample tests.
Considers selection from the organization's and the applicant's perspective, and covers the use of new technology in selection and adverse impact issues.
Each section includes contributions from internationally eminent authors based in North America and Europe.


Author Notes

Arne Evers is Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

Neil Anderson is Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

Olga Voskuijl is Assistant Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.


Table of Contents

Neil AndersonOlga F. VoskuijlAlan M. SaksRobert A. RoeOlga F. Voskuijl and Arne Evers and Sacha GeerlingsRobert L. DipboyeDeniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran and Stephan DilchertJesus F. Salgado and Filip de FruytCharles WoodruffeDavid Chan and Neal SchmittFilip Lievens and George C. Thornton IIIMarise Ph. Born and Dora ScholariosAnna L. Imus and Ann marie RyanArne Evers and Jan te Nijenhuis and Henk van der FlierUte-Christine Klehe and Neil AndersonChockalingam Viswesvaran and Deniz S. OnesLisa M. Penney and Walter C. BormanDave BartramAnnelies E. M. Van VianenNicole Cunningham-Snell and David WigfieldAnnelies E. M. Van Vianen and Irene E. De Pater and Paula M. CaligiuriNatalie J. Allen and Michael A. WestRobert E. Ployhart and Benjamin Schneider
List of Contributorsp. viii
Notes on the Editorsp. xii
Notes on the Contributorsp. xiii
Prefacep. xxi
1 Relationships between Practice and Research in Personnel Selection: Does the Left Hand Know What the Right Is Doing?p. 1
Part I Preparing for Selectionp. 25
2 Job Analysis: Current and Future Perspectivesp. 27
3 The Impracticality of Recruitment Researchp. 47
4 The Design of Selection Systems: Context, Principles, Issuesp. 73
5 Is the Obvious Obvious? Considerations About Ethical Issues in Personnel Selectionp. 98
Part II Developments in the Use of Different Kinds of Predictorsp. 119
6 The Selection/Recruitment Interview: Core Processes and Contextsp. 121
7 Cognitive Ability in Personnel Selection Decisionsp. 143
8 Personality in Personnel Selectionp. 174
9 Emotional Factors as Selection Criteriap. 199
10 Situational Judgment Testsp. 219
11 Assessment Centers: Recent Developments in Practice and Researchp. 243
Part III Decisions and their Contextp. 265
12 Decision Making in Selectionp. 267
13 Relevance and Rigor in Research on the Applicant's Perspective: In Pursuit of Pragmatic Sciencep. 291
14 Ethnic Bias and Fairness in Personnel Selection: Evidence and Consequencesp. 306
Part IV Criterion Measuresp. 329
15 The Prediction of Typical and Maximum Performance in Employee Selectionp. 331
16 Job Performance: Assessment Issues in Personnel Selectionp. 354
17 The Prediction of Contextual Performancep. 376
Part V Emerging Trends and Assessment for Changep. 397
18 Computer-Based Testing and the Internetp. 399
19 A Review of Person-Environment Fit Research: Prospects for Personnel Selectionp. 419
20 Selection of Leaders in Global Organizationsp. 440
21 Expatriate Selection: A Process Approachp. 458
22 Selection for Teamsp. 476
23 Multilevel Selection and Prediction: Theories, Methods, and Modelsp. 495
Author Indexp. 517
Subject Indexp. 541