Future perspectives on employee selection: Key directions for future research and practice

• Main Authors: ANDERSON, Neil, LIEVENS, Filip, VAN DAM, Karen, RYAN, Ann Marie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5582; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6581/viewcontent/future.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A future-oriented perspective for selection and assessment research is presented. Four superordinate themes of critical import to the development of future research are identified: (i) bimodal prediction, (ii) multilevel fit, (iii) applicant reactions and decision making, and (iv) tensions between research and practice in employee selection. Under each theme we pose a number of outstanding questions for research. Implications for practice and the ongoing advancement of the sub-field of selection, traditionally one of the most robust core disciplines in international IWO psychology, are discussed.