The effects of response instructions on situational judgment test performance and validity in a high-stakes context

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, SACKETT, Paul R., BUYSE, Tine
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Situational judgment test; response instructions; high-stakes testing; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5670; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6669/viewcontent/SJTinstructions.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study fills a key gap in research on response instructions in situational judgment tests (SJTs). The authors examined whether the assumptions behind the differential effects of knowledge and behavioral tendency SJT response instructions hold in a large-scale high-stakes selection context (i.e.,...