Do “Career Women” Appear Less Socially Competent than “Career Men”? Gender Stereotypes and the Attribution of CompetenceAbstract: Students (N = 78) and managers (N = 19) received job descriptions for a middle-management position. The job description ...
Summary: In 243 applicants for air traffic controller training (166 male, 77 female) gender differences in a 8-choice reaction time task with stimulus-response incompatibility were investigated. The overall response time was split into decision time (...
Zusammenfassung: Im Rahmen einer realen Personalauswahlsituation wurden die Persönlichkeitsmerkmale von 1955 Polizisten gemessen, die von der unteren Hierarchieebene des Polizeidienstes in die mittlere Ebene aufsteigen wollen. Zum Einsatz kam dabei eine ...
Effects of selective response strategies in a personality questionnaire with forced-choice formatAbstract. This study investigates whether persons filling out a personality questionnaire in a hypothetical personnel selection scenario are able to answer ...
Measurement of social competenciesAbstract. Given the lack of a common definition or comprehension of social competencies, the measurement of this domain constitutes a substantial challenge. While operational definitions which are restricted to ...
Zusammenfassung. Die - vielfach belegte - Tatsache, dass Testpersonen in der Lage sind, ihre Ergebnisse in nicht leistungsbezogenen Testverfahren in Richtung sozialer Erwünschtheit zu erhöhen, wenn sie entsprechend instruiert werden, wird häufig als ...
PaiRS: A scaling method for personnel selection and developmentAbstract. A unidimensional scaling method based on Saaty (1980) is introduced, in which a ratio scale is constructed from pairwise comparison judgments. Potential applications of the method ...
Human resource management using the complex scenario FSYS: Validity and potential of behavior scalesAbstract. In recent years, computer-based complex scenarios have been increasingly used for personnel assessment. The simulation of important facets of ...
”Do it again and again. And again?” Practice effects on a computer-based test for spatial orientationAbstract. Retaking an identical or parallel constructed mental ability test normally results in clearly increased scores. At first, an overview about ...
Personality traits, intelligence, and success at work. A review of international and national researchAbstract. This review focuses on the role personality traits and cognitive abilities play for criteria of occupational success, i.e. job performance and ...
Misguided Hopes? The Limits of Human Oversight in the Use of Algorithm-Based Systems, Using the Example of Personnel selectionAbstract: Algorithm-based systems increasingly support decisions that affect the fate of humans. To harness ...
Computer-based personnel selection of police officersAbstract. We report about a computer-based test battery for the personnel selection of police officers. The central aspect of the instrument is the measurement of social competencies. The instrument ...
The “Job-Related Attitudes and Self-Evaluations Inventory” (Inventar berufsbezogener Einstellungen und Selbsteinschätzungen, IBES) by Marcus (2006)IBES – Inventar berufsbezogener Einstellungen und Selbsteinschätzungen (Job-Related Attitudes and Self-...
Der zum Zwecke der Personalauswahl entwickelte Analytische Test (AT) dient der Erfassung der Fähigkeit zum induktiven und deduktiven schlussfolgernden Denken bei Bewerbern im oberen Fähigkeitsbereich. Zur Erhöhung der Akzeptanz und zur Verbesserung der ...
Scientist-practitioner gap in Germany: An empirical study exemplified by psychological testsAlthough studies have proved that intelligence and personality tests are suitable to predict occupational success (Schmidt & Hunter, 1998), psychological tests ...
Development of Situational Judgment Tests: Conceptual considerations and empirical findingsSince the beginning of the 1990s situational judgment tests (SJT) are being increasingly studied as psychological tests for purposes of personnel selection. As ...
Gaps in curriculum vitas–A valid criterion for personnel selection?Within a primary study of 1,423 subjects the question was examined if (and to what extent) gaps in curriculum vitas are correlated to different personality traits (Big Five, achievement ...
Personnel Selection: Is Volunteer Work a Valid Indicator of Social CompetenceOur study investigates whether volunteerism is a sensible criterion for assessing an applicant’s social competence. The sample consists of 1,053 subjects. 17 social competencies ...
On the Screening of Application Documents in PracticeAbstract. In nearly every process of personnel selection, the screening of application documents marks the first step of the candidate’s assessment. Nevertheless,...
Strategic Behavior in Personnel Selection – How Applicants try to SucceedAbstract. For the first time, this study examines applicants’ strategies during preparation for and participation in the selection process. A total of 999 individuals were asked ...