A Comparison of Global Judgment versus Task Oriented Approaches to Job Classification.

Sackett, Paul R.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1981

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A Comparison of Global Judgment versus Task Oriented Approaches to Job Classification.

Sackett, Paul R.; And Others

Personnel Psychology, v34 n4 p791-804 Win 1981

Determined the extent to which direct judgments of similarity by supervisors and incumbents could provide the same job classification results as a more elaborate job analysis procedure. Results using hierarchical cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis revealed that the global judgments and task-oriented data led to identical conclusions. (Author)

Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Job Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, Occupational Clusters, Occupational Information, Rating Scales, Task Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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