A different look at why selection procedures work: The role of candidates' ability to identify criteria

• Main Authors: KLEINMANN, Martin, INGOLD, Pia V., LIEVENS, Filip, JANSEN, Anne, MELCHERS, Klaus G, KONIG, Cornelius J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Ability to identify criteria (ATIC); personnel selection; social effectiveness; transparency; validity; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5637; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6636/viewcontent/OPR.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Personnel selection procedures such as assessment centers, structured interviews, and personality inventories are useful predictors of candidates' job performance. In addition to existing explanations for their criterion-related validity, we suggest that candidates' ability to identify the...