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Direct linkZavyalova, Elena K.; Kosheleva, Sofia V. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The paper investigates personal and environmental factors providing for the efficiency of line managers' activity and contributing to their professional and career advancement. The paper studies the prognostic value of the assessment of personal and environmental factors providing for the efficiency of line managers' activity according to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Employees, Psychological Testing, Labor
Peer reviewedJohnson, John A.; Hogan, Robert – Personnel Psychology, 1981
Vocational scales other than those describing the occupational group in question may often predict job performance. A case is reported using Holland's Self Directed Search and two groups of policemen. Scores on the Artistic and Conventional scales consistently predict effective performance as a patrolman. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Interest Inventories, Job Performance, Personality Traits
Peer reviewedBanks, Steven; And Others – Counseling and Values, 1984
Analyzes applicants (N=94) to the Franciscan Order between 1978 and 1982 regarding the accuracy of test scores in predicting successful job performance, perseverance, and emotional adjustment. Results supported the application of psychometric evaluation and multiple regression procedures to a personnel decision-making process within the context of…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance, Persistence
Peer reviewedSouth, John C. – Personnel Psychology, 1980
Raters are generally able to fake or distort their ratings but are unable even with modest accuracy to estimate what ratings they gave (faked). Users of forced-choice tests should be aware of resentment by respondents. Ideally a supportive work climate should exist. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Engineers, Job Performance, Personnel Evaluation
Inwald, Robin E.; And Others – 1980
Correctional officers, often subject to sustained job stress and ambiguity, must possess adequate coping skills to deal with a hostile clientele. Psychological screening, therefore, assumes an important role in correctional officer recruitment. Prior to a recruitment drive, 650 employed correctional officers completed an MMPI and a biographical…
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline, Employment Qualifications, Individual Characteristics
Ronan, William W.; And Others – Personnel Journal, 1976
Describes research which attempts to provide a solution to the performance criterion problem, concluding that is seems possible to measure many aspects of clerical work using psychometric measures that are highly job related; recommends that such devices be used to supplement ratings in the performance evaluation process.
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Data Analysis, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Peer reviewedRaju, Nambury S.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1991
A two-parameter logistic regression model for personnel selection is proposed. The model was tested with a database of 84,808 military enlistees. The probability of job success was related directly to trait levels, addressing such topics as selection, validity generalization, employee classification, selection bias, and utility-based fair…
Descriptors: Classification, Equations (Mathematics), Job Performance, Mathematical Models
Download full textInternational Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1982
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association dedicated to the improvement of public personnel assessment in such fields as selection and performance evaluation. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1982 conference…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Job Performance, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation
Shusman, Elizabeth J.; And Others – 1985
Validation and cross-validation studies were conducted using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) to predict job performance for 698 urban male police officers who completed a six-month training academy. Job performance criteria evaluated included absence, lateness, derelictions, negative…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Dye, David A. – 1990
The construct validity of biographical items in the Individual Achievement Record (IAR) was assessed in an attempt to develop a confirmatory factor model. This first phase of a two-phase study focused on the IAR's use as a predictor of job performance. The IAR is an empirically keyed biodata inventory containing 112 multiple-choice items. Item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Construct Validity, Educational Background
1997
This document contains three papers from a symposium on enhancing individual readiness through human resource development (HRD). "Secondary School Administrator's Perception of Enhancing Self-Worth through Service" (Thomas Li-Ping Tang, Emily James Weatherford) presents results of a study to examine secondary school administrators' endorsement of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Burnout, Ethics
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1988
Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the annual conference of the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) in 1988 are provided. The "Presidential Address" is by N. E. Abrams. The keynote address is "Is There a Future for Intelligence?" by R. Thorndike. Summaries of 53…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
Hunter, John E. – 1983
This paper reviews the now massive general literature showing that psychological tests are fair to minorities. This literature shows that there is no single group validity, there is no differential validity, and tests overpredict rather than underpredict minority job performance. Further evidence in regard to blacks is introduced from 51…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Aptitude Tests, Asian Americans
