The validity of interpersonal skills assessment via situational judgment tests for predicting academic success and job performance

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, SACKETT, Paul R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Interpersonal skills; situational judgment test; high-stakes testing; student selection; medical selection; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5618; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6617/viewcontent/interpersonal.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study provides conceptual and empirical arguments why an assessment of applicants' procedural knowledge about interpersonal behavior via a video-based situational judgment test might be valid for academic and postacademic success criteria. Four cohorts of medical students (N = 723) were fo...