Broadening international perspectives on the legal environment for personnel selection

Perspectives from 22 countries on aspects of the legal environment for selection are presented. Issues addressed include a) whether there are racial/ethnic/religious subgroups viewed as “disadvantaged minority”, b) whether research documents mean differences between groups on individual difference m...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: MYORS, Brett, LIEVENS, Filip, VAN HOYE, Greet, CRONSHAW, Steven F, MLADINIC, Antonio, RODRIGUEZ, Viviana, AGUINIS, Herman, STEINER, Dirk D, ROLLAND, Florence, SCHULER, Heinz, FRINTRUP, Andreas, NIKOLAOU, Ioannis, TOMPROU, Maria, SUBRAMONY, S, RAJ, Shabu B, TZAFRIR, Shay, BAMBERGER, Peter, BERTOLINO, Marilena, MARIANI, Marco, FRACCAROLI, Franco
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5614
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6613/viewcontent/intlegal__1_.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
Description
Summary:Perspectives from 22 countries on aspects of the legal environment for selection are presented. Issues addressed include a) whether there are racial/ethnic/religious subgroups viewed as “disadvantaged minority”, b) whether research documents mean differences between groups on individual difference measures relevant to job performance, whether there are laws prohibiting discrimination against specific groups, d) what is required to make and refute a claim of discrimination, e) what are the consequences of violation of the laws, f) whether particular selection methods are limited or banned, g) whether preferential treatment of members of minority groups is permitted, and h) whether the practice of Industrial and Organizational psychology has been affected by the legal environment.