A closer look at the frame-of-reference effect in personality scale scores and validity

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, DE CORTE, Wifiried, SCHOLLAERT, Eveline
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• 主題: Frame of reference; personality scales; criterion-related validity; reliability; item responding; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5599; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6598/viewcontent/FOR.pdf

This article contributes to the understanding of why the use of a frame-of-reference leads to increased criterion-related validity of personality inventories. Two competing explanations are described and tested. A between-subjects (N = 337) and a within-subject (N = 105) study are conducted to test...